A t-SNARE is a SNARE protein or complementary assembly assigned to the target membrane in a particular membrane-transport event. It pairs with a v-SNARE on the incoming carrier to form a fusion-associated SNARE complex. The prefix describes the experimental transport arrangement; it does not imply that a given membrane is always a target in every trafficking pathway. The neuronal target assembly includes syntaxin and SNAP-25. [ref]
SNAREpins: minimal machinery for membrane fusion by T. Weber and others. Weber and others, 1998, separate vesicle reconstitution of v- and t-SNAREs
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