A 12-residue-long polyleucine tail is sufficient to anchor synaptobrevin to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

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Published in J Biol Chem on March 29, 1996

Authors

P Whitley1, E Grahn, U Kutay, T A Rapoport, G von Heijne

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.

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