SNARE disassembly requires Sec18/NSF side-loading
Yousuf A. Khan, K. Ian White, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Bharti Singal, Luis R. Esquivies, Garvey Mckenzie, Fang Liu, Katherine DeLong, Ucheor Brandon Choi, Elizabeth A. Montabana, Theresa M. McLaughlin, William T. Wickner, Axel T. Brünger
The paper shows that Sec18/NSF disassembles SNARE complexes through side-loading, overcoming topological constraints by threading the SNARE domain through the ATPase rings.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · Jul 2, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics