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The influence of cell membrane and SNAP25 linker loop on the dynamics and unzipping of SNARE complex

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  • Yi Shi
  • Yong Zhang
  • Jizhong Lou

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The soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex is composed of three neuronal proteins VAMP2, Syntaxin and SNAP25, which plays a core role during the process of membrane fusion. The zipping assembly of the SNARE complex releases energies and drives the vesicle and cell membrane into close proximity. In this study, we use all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to probe the dynamics of SNARE and its unzipping process in the context of membrane at the atomistic details. Our results indicated that the NTD of SNARE core domain is relatively more stable than CTD, which is in agreement with previous experiments. More importantly, possible interactions between the linker loop (LL) region of SNAP25 and VAMP2 are observed, suggests that the LL region may facilitate VAMP2 binding and SNARE initiation. The forced unzipping of SNARE in the presence of membrane and LL of SNAP25 reveals the possible pathway for energy generation of SNARE zipping, provides information to understand how force may regulate the cooperativity between the membrane and the SNARE complex.

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  • Yi Shi & Yong Zhang & Jizhong Lou, 2017. "The influence of cell membrane and SNAP25 linker loop on the dynamics and unzipping of SNARE complex," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0176235
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176235
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