Heimdall SNAREs reveal an ancestral architecture of eukaryotic SNARE complexes
Iman Bentahar, Deepak Yadav, Aysima Hacisuleyman, Dirk Fasshauer
The paper characterizes SNARE-like proteins from Heimdallarchaeota, showing their four-helix bundle structure and evolutionary relationship to eukaryotic SNARE complexes.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry