Abstract: The membrane fusion in vesicle trafficking in the cells of eukaryotic organisms is mediated by soluble-N-ethyl-maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins, which are highly conserved in their structures from various species, including yeast, animals and plants. Increasing research has demonstrated many tissue- or subcellularspecific components of SNAREs involved in the formation of the cell plate, interacting with ion channel proteins, and gravity sensing in plants. SNARE proteins might play important roles in plant growth, development and response to abiotic and biotic stresses. The application of genomics and proteomics approaches, as well cytological methods, will accelerate our understanding of diverse functions of the plant SNARE family and their specific location in the signal transduction pathway, and the differentiation and relation between animal and plant immunity systems.