Exocytotic release of transmitters is mediated by the ternary SNARE complex.

NSF is also capable of disassembling anti-parallel ternary SNARE complexes, implicating it in quality control.

Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins mediate intracellular membrane fusion by forming a ternary SNARE complex.

Complexins form a stable stoichiometric complex with the central domain of the ternary SNARE complex, whereas no binding was observed to monomeric SNAREs.