title: SNAREs and targeted membrane fusion.
abstract: Intracellular vesicular transport involves targeting of vesicles to their correct destination and subsequent fusion with the target membrane. These processes employ unique compartment-specific proteins in combination with general components which act at several transport steps. This review will summarize recent progress made in identifying such a machinery whose assembly and activity is modulated by a variety of regulatory proteins.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Söllner
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins