“…The interaction of SNAREs serves as a driving force for fusion between vesicles and membranes through the formation of a tetrapeptide helical bundle via the interaction of cytoplasmic domains (Holz & Zimmerberg, 2019 ). During FSM formation of S. pombe , FSM expansion is performed by fusing vesicles with the vesicle SNARE (v‐SNARE) Syb1, an ortholog of synaptobrevin, with the target SNARE (t‐SNARE) complex comprising the syntaxin ortholog Psy1 and the SNAP‐25 ortholog Section 9 (Maeda et al, 2009 ; Nakamura et al, 2005 ; Shimoda, 2004 ; Ucisik‐Akkaya et al, 2014 ; Yamaoka et al, 2013 ) (Figure 2b ). Psy1 resides in the plasma membrane during vegetative growth and is recruited to the FSM precursor after meiosis I (Kashiwazaki et al, 2011 ; Maeda et al, 2009 ; Nakase et al, 2009 ; Shimoda, 2004 ).…”