Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2050820 | FEBS Letters | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) inhibit neurotransmitter release by selectively cleaving core components of the vesicular fusion machinery. The synaptic vesicle proteins Synaptotagmin-I and -II act as receptors for BoNT/B and BoNT/G. Here we show that BoNT/A also interacts with a synaptic vesicle protein, the synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2C (SV2C), but not with the homologous proteins SV2A and SV2B. Binding of BoNT/A occurs at the membrane juxtaposed region preceding transmembrane domain 8. A peptide comprising the intravesicular domain between transmembrane domains 7 and 8 specifically reduces the neurotoxicity of BoNT/A at phrenic nerve preparations demonstrating the physiological relevance of this interaction.
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Authors
Stefan Mahrhold, Andreas Rummel, Hans Bigalke, Bazbek Davletov, Thomas Binz,