Activity-dependent changes in partial VAMP complexes during neurotransmitter release

The temporal sequence of SNARE protein interactions that cause exocytosis is unknown. Blockade of synaptic neurotransmitter release through cleavage of VAMP/synaptobrevin by tetanus toxin light chain (TeNT-LC) was accelerated by nerve stimulation. Botulinum/B neurotoxin light chain (BoNT/B-LC), which cleaves VAMP at the same site as TeNT-LC, did not require stimulation. Because TeNT-LC requires the N-terminal coil domain of VAMP for binding but BoNT/B-LC requires the C-terminal coil domain, it seems that, before nerve activity, the N-terminal domain is shielded in a protein complex, but the C-terminal domain is exposed. This N-terminal complex lasts until nerve activity occurrs and may serve to cock synaptic vesicles for immediate exocytosis upon Ca2+ entry.

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