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In our study, the publication by Fix et al. (2004. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101:7311–7316) was erroneously quoted as providing evidence that a binary interaction between synaptobervin and syntaxin is sufficient for docking and subsequent fusion of artificial vesicles to planar lipid bilayers. This is incorrect. Fix et al. show rapid fusion of vesicles containing synaptobrevin/VAMP with planar membranes containing both syntaxin and SNAP-25.