SNARE filtering by dynamin.
Fission and fusion are the two elementary steps of membrane traffic. The mechanoenzyme dynamin acts at the fission step, but, in this issue of Cell, suggest an additional role of dynamin in preparing membranes for fusion.
Antonny
Bruno
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Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nice, 06560 Valbonne, France.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D034281:Dynamins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008561:Membrane Fusion / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D034281:Dynamins