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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Membr Transp Signal. 2013 Aug 9;2(5):207–220. doi: 10.1002/wmts.93

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Functional coupling between CaV channels and secretory vesicles via the CaVβ subunit. (a) RIMs anchor synaptic vesicles next to channels through its interaction with zone-specific proteins (Rab3) and the CaVβ subunit. After depolarization, RIMs regulate the time course of channel inactivation resulting in a sustained Ca2+ influx. This molecular organization favors hormone and neurotransmitter release.