eLife (Apr 2015)

Re-visiting the trans insertion model for complexin clamping

  • Shyam S Krishnakumar,
  • Feng Li,
  • Jeff Coleman,
  • Curtis M Schauder,
  • Daniel Kümmel,
  • Frederic Pincet,
  • James E Rothman,
  • Karin M Reinisch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04463
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4

Abstract

Read online

We have previously proposed that complexin cross-links multiple pre-fusion SNARE complexes via a trans interaction to function as a clamp on SNARE-mediated neurotransmitter release. A recent NMR study was unable to detect the trans clamping interaction of complexin and therefore questioned the previous interpretation of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer and isothermal titration calorimetry data on which the trans clamping model was originally based. Here we present new biochemical data that underscore the validity of our previous interpretation and the continued relevancy of the trans insertion model for complexin clamping.

Keywords