Sec17/Sec18 can support membrane fusion without help from completion of SNARE zippering

Membrane fusion requires R-, Qa-, Qb-, and Qc-family SNAREs that zipper into RQaQbQc coiled coils, driven by the sequestration of apolar amino acids. Zippering has been thought to provide all the force driving fusion. Sec17/αSNAP can form an oligomeric assembly with SNAREs with the Sec17 C-terminus...

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Main Authors: Hongki Song, Thomas L Torng, Amy S Orr, Axel T Brunger, William T Wickner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/67578