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The functions of nervous and neuroendocrine systems rely on fast and tightly regulated release of neurotransmitters stored in secretory vesicles through SNARE-mediated exocytosis. Few proteins, including tomosyn (STXBP5) and amisyn (STXBP6), were proposed to negatively regulate exocytosis. Little is known about amisyn, a 24-kDa brain-enriched protein with a SNARE motif. We report here that full-length amisyn forms a stable SNARE complex with syntaxin-1 and SNAP-25 through its C-terminal SNARE motif and competes with synaptobrevin-2/VAMP2 for the SNARE-complex assembly. Furthermore, amisyn contains an N-terminal pleckstrin homology domain that mediates its transient association with the plasma membrane of neurosecretory cells by binding to phospholipid PI(4,5)P2 However, unlike synaptrobrevin-2, the SNARE motif of amisyn is not sufficient to account for the role of amisyn in exocytosis: Both the pleckstrin homology domain and the SNARE motif are needed for its inhibitory function. Mechanistically, amisyn interferes with the priming of secretory vesicles and the sizes of releasable vesicle pools, but not vesicle fusion properties. Our biochemical and functional analyses of this vertebrate-specific protein unveil key aspects of negative regulation of exocytosis.

Original publication

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1908232117

Type

Journal article

Journal

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Publication Date

16/06/2020

Volume

117

Pages

13468 - 13479

Keywords

PI(4,5)P2, SNARE complex, autism spectrum disorders, exocytosis inhibition, tomosyn, Animals, Cell Membrane, Cells, Cultured, Chromaffin Cells, Exocytosis, Humans, Liposomes, Membrane Fusion, PC12 Cells, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate, Pleckstrin Homology Domains, Protein Binding, Rats, SNARE Proteins, Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25, Syntaxin 1, Vertebrates, Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2, Vesicular Transport Proteins