Synaptotagmin-mediated bending of the target membrane is a critical step in Ca(2+)-regulated fusion.
Decades ago it was proposed that exocytosis involves invagination of the target membrane, resulting in a highly localized site of contact between the bilayers destined to fuse. The vesicle protein synaptotagmin-I (syt) bends membranes in response to Ca(2+), but whether this drives localized invagination of the target membrane to accelerate fusion has not been determined. Previous studies relied on reconstituted vesicles that were already highly curved and used mutations in syt that were not selective for membrane-bending activity. Here, we directly address this question by utilizing vesicles with different degrees of curvature. A tubulation-defective syt mutant was able to promote fusion between highly curved SNARE-bearing liposomes but exhibited a marked loss of activity when the membranes were relatively flat. Moreover, bending of flat membranes by adding an N-BAR domain rescued the function of the tubulation-deficient syt mutant. Hence, syt-mediated membrane bending is a critical step in membrane fusion.
Hui
Enfu
E
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA.
Johnson
Colin P
CP
Yao
Jun
J
Dunning
F Mark
FM
Chapman
Edwin R
ER
D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008081:Liposomes / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D050600:SNARE Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050857:Synaptotagmins / Q000378:metabolism*
D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008081:Liposomes; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D050857:Synaptotagmins; D002118:Calcium
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