SNARE complex zero layer residues are not critical for N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-mediated disassembly

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Joshua M LauerPhyllis I Hanson

Abstract

Membrane-anchored SNAREs assemble into SNARE complexes that bring membranes together to promote fusion. SNARE complexes are parallel four-helix bundles stabilized in part by hydrophobic interactions within their core. At the center of SNARE complexes is a distinctive zero layer that consists of one arginine and three glutamines. This zero layer is thought to play a special role in the biology of the SNARE complex. One proposal is that the polar residues of the zero layer enable N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF)-mediated SNARE complex disassembly. Here, we studied the effects of manipulating the zero layer of the well studied synaptic SNARE complex in vitro and in vivo. Using a fluorescence-based assay to follow SNARE complex disassembly in real time, we found that the maximal rate at which NSF disassembles complexes was unaffected by mutations in the zero layer, including single replacement of the syntaxin glutamine with arginine as well as multiple replacement of all four layer residues with non-polar amino acids. To determine whether syntaxin with arginine instead of glutamine in its zero layer can support SNARE function in vivo, we introduced it as a transgene into a Caenorhabditis elegans syntaxin-null strain. Mutant ...Continue Reading

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