Dynamic binding mode of a Synaptotagmin-1-SNARE complex in solution

Kyle D Brewer, Taulant Bacaj, Andrea Cavalli, Carlo Camilloni, James D Swarbrick, Jin Liu, Amy Zhou, Peng Zhou, Nicholas Barlow, Junjie Xu, Alpay B Seven, Eric A Prinslow, Rashmi Voleti, Daniel Häussinger, Alexandre M J J Bonvin, Diana R Tomchick, Michele Vendruscolo, Bim Graham, Thomas C Südhof, Josep Rizo

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Abstract

Rapid neurotransmitter release depends on the Ca2+ sensor Synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1) and the SNARE complex formed by synaptobrevin, syntaxin-1 and SNAP-25. How Syt1 triggers release has been unclear, partly because elucidating high-resolution structures of Syt1-SNARE complexes has been challenging. An NMR approach based on lanthanide-induced pseudocontact shifts now reveals a dynamic binding mode in which basic residues in the concave side of the Syt1 C2B-domain β-sandwich interact with a polyacidic region of the SNARE complex formed by syntaxin-1 and SNAP-25. The physiological relevance of this dynamic structural model is supported by mutations in basic residues of Syt1 that markedly impair SNARE-complex binding in vitro and Syt1 function in neurons. Mutations with milder effects on binding have correspondingly milder effects on Syt1 function. Our results support a model whereby dynamic interaction facilitates cooperation between Syt1 and the SNAREs in inducing membrane fusion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-64
Number of pages10
JournalNature Structural and Molecular Biology
Volume22
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2015

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Humans
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Models, Molecular
  • Neurons
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Rats
  • SNARE Proteins
  • Synaptotagmin I

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