SNARE protein
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SNARE proteins – "SNAP REceptors" – are a large protein family consisting of at least 24 members in yeasts, more than 60 members in mammalian cells,[2][3] and some numbers in plants.[4] The primary role of SNARE proteins is to mediate the fusion of vesicles with the target membrane; this notably mediates exocytosis, but can also mediate the fusion of vesicles with membrane-bound compartments (such as a lysosome). The best studied SNAREs are those that mediate the release of synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters in neurons. These neuronal SNAREs are the targets of the neurotoxins responsible for botulism and tetanus produced by certain bacteria.
This article is missing information about outline of taxonomic distribution (eukaryotes and Heimdallarchaeota). (February 2021) |
SNARE-fusion membrane complex proteins | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | SNARE |
InterPro | IPR010989 |
SCOP2 | 1kil / SCOPe / SUPFAM |
TCDB | 1.F.1 |
OPM superfamily | 197 |
OPM protein | 3hd7 |
Membranome | 198 |