The mystery of the fusion pore

Exocytotic fusion pores are composed of both lipids and proteins

(2015) Huan Bao et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Exocytotic fusion pores are composed of both lipids and proteins

(2015) Huan Bao et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Variable cooperativity in SNARE-mediated membrane fusion

(2014) J. M. Hernandez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contact-induced clustering of syntaxin and munc18 docks secretory granules at the exocytosis site

(2014) Nikhil R. Gandasi et al.   Nature Communications

Rapid structural change in synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP25) precedes the fusion of single vesicles with the plasma membrane in live chromaffin cells

(2013) Y. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultrahigh-resolution imaging reveals formation of neuronal SNARE/Munc18 complexes in situ

(2013) A. Pertsinidis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How SNARE molecules mediate membrane fusion: Recent insights from molecular simulations

(2012) Herre Jelger Risselada et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

SNARE Requirements En Route to Exocytosis: from Many to Few

(2012) Ralf Mohrmann et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

SNARE Proteins: One to Fuse and Three to Keep the Nascent Fusion Pore Open

(2012) L. Shi et al.   SCIENCE

Two synaptobrevin molecules are sufficient for vesicle fusion in central nervous system synapses

(2011) R. Sinha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Docking and Fast Fusion of Synaptobrevin Vesicles Depends on the Lipid Compositions of the Vesicle and the Acceptor SNARE Complex-Containing Target Membrane

(2010) Marta K. Domanska et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

One SNARE complex is sufficient for membrane fusion

(2010) Geert van den Bogaart et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Syntaxin clusters assemble reversibly at sites of secretory granules in live cells

(2010) S. Barg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single secretory granules of live cells recruit syntaxin-1 and synaptosomal associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) in large copy numbers

(2010) M. K. Knowles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The protein machinery of vesicle budding and fusion

(2010) James E. Rothman   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Fast Vesicle Fusion in Living Cells Requires at Least Three SNARE Complexes

(2010) R. Mohrmann et al.   SCIENCE

The MARTINI Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to Proteins

(2008) Luca Monticelli et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

The role of the C terminus of the SNARE protein SNAP-25 in fusion pore opening and a model for fusion pore mechanics

(2008) Q. Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA