A patient arrives into the emergency department unable to swallow and has difficulty moving. He is diagnosed with botulism, which disrupts the SNARE protein complexes (and specifically the "SNAP" proteins):

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SNAP proteins are essential for the release of acetylcholinesterase, which clears up left over acetylcholine allowing for a new action potential to occur

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SNAP proteins are essential for the diffusion of acetylcholine across the synaptic cleft to bind onto the motor end plate

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SNAP proteins are essential for snapping onto and opening the acetylcholine receptors on the postsyanptic membrane

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SNAP proteins are essential for snapping the vesicles as they leave for exocytosis

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SNAP proteins are essential for docking and fusion of acetylcholine vesicles to the presynaptic membrane

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