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Mechanistic insights into the recycling machine of the SNARE complex

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  • Minglei Zhao

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

  • Shenping Wu

    (Keck Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, University of California)

  • Qiangjun Zhou

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

  • Sandro Vivona

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

  • Daniel J. Cipriano

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

  • Yifan Cheng

    (Keck Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, University of California)

  • Axel T. Brunger

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University
    Stanford University)

Abstract

Evolutionarily conserved SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptors) proteins form a complex that drives membrane fusion in eukaryotes. The ATPase NSF (N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor), together with SNAPs (soluble NSF attachment protein), disassembles the SNARE complex into its protein components, making individual SNAREs available for subsequent rounds of fusion. Here we report structures of ATP- and ADP-bound NSF, and the NSF/SNAP/SNARE (20S) supercomplex determined by single-particle electron cryomicroscopy at near-atomic to sub-nanometre resolution without imposing symmetry. Large, potentially force-generating, conformational differences exist between ATP- and ADP-bound NSF. The 20S supercomplex exhibits broken symmetry, transitioning from six-fold symmetry of the NSF ATPase domains to pseudo four-fold symmetry of the SNARE complex. SNAPs interact with the SNARE complex with an opposite structural twist, suggesting an unwinding mechanism. The interfaces between NSF, SNAPs, and SNAREs exhibit characteristic electrostatic patterns, suggesting how one NSF/SNAP species can act on many different SNARE complexes.

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  • Minglei Zhao & Shenping Wu & Qiangjun Zhou & Sandro Vivona & Daniel J. Cipriano & Yifan Cheng & Axel T. Brunger, 2015. "Mechanistic insights into the recycling machine of the SNARE complex," Nature, Nature, vol. 518(7537), pages 61-67, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:518:y:2015:i:7537:d:10.1038_nature14148
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14148
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    1. Chengying Ma & Damu Wu & Qian Chen & Ning Gao, 2022. "Structural dynamics of AAA + ATPase Drg1 and mechanism of benzo-diazaborine inhibition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.

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