The Munc18 - 1 domain 3a loop is essential for neuroexocytosis but not
for syntaxin - 1A transport to the plasma membrane.
Not exact matches
When elevating calcium ion concentration directly at the presynaptic terminal with the use of caged calcium, cleavage of SNAP - 25 by botulinum toxin A (BoNT / A) produced a strong reduction in the calcium sensitivity
for release, whereas cleavage of
syntaxin using BoNT / C1 and synaptobrevin using tetanus toxin (TeNT) produced an all - or - nothing block without changing the kinetics of remaining vesicles.
In an important experiment published one year later, Jim Rothman, a Lasker Prize winner in 2002 honored
for his work on fusion in non-neuronal cells, provided the experimental support
for Scheller's idea by demonstrating that Scheller's VAMP, or as Rothman called it the v - SNARE, interacted with Scheller's
syntaxin or t - SNARE, together with a second t - SNARE, to initiate fusion.
Scheller found,
for instance, that VAMP / synaptobrevin on vesicles clasps plasma membrane - bound
syntaxin, and that SNAP - 25 helps them pair up.