Cross-linking mass spectrometry uncovers protein interactions and functional assemblies in synaptic vesicle membranes Wittig, Sabine Pérez Lara, Francisco Ángel Synaptic vesicles are storage organelles for neurotransmitters. They pass through a trafficking cycle and fuse with the pre-synaptic membrane when an action potential arrives at the nerve terminal. While molecular components and biophysical parameters of synaptic vesicles have been determined, our knowledge on the protein interactions in their membranes is limited. Here, we apply cross-linking mass spectrometry to study interactions of synaptic vesicle proteins in an unbiased approach without the need for specific antibodies or detergent-solubilisation. Our large-scale analysis delivers a protein network of vesicle subpopulations and functional assemblies including an active and an inactive conformation of the vesicular ATPase complex as well as non-conventional arrangements of the luminal loops of SV2A, Synaptophysin and structurally related proteins. Based on this network, we specifically target Synaptobrevin-2, which connects with many proteins, in different approaches. Our results allow distinction of interactions caused by ‘crowding’ in the vesicle membrane from stable interaction modules. 2021-04-23T10:57:28Z 2021-04-23T10:57:28Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Wittig, S., Ganzella, M., Barth, M. et al. Cross-linking mass spectrometry uncovers protein interactions and functional assemblies in synaptic vesicle membranes. Nat Commun 12, 858 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21102-w http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68079 10.1038/s41467-021-21102-w eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España NATURE RESEARCH