An Electrostatic Energy Barrier for SNARE-Dependent Spontaneous and Evoked Synaptic Transmission

Marvin Ruiter, Anna Kádková, Andrea Scheutzow, Jörg Malsam, Thomas Söllner, Jakob B. Sørensen

Cell Reports · 2019 · 43 citations · 70 references

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, while also modulating the fusion barrier at rest. Thus, the energy barrier for synaptic vesicle fusion has a large electrostatic component, allowing synaptotagmin-1 to act as an electrostatic switch and modulator to trigger vesicle fusion.

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