Two related kinesins, klp5+ and klp6+, foster microtubule disassembly and are required for meiosis in fission yeast.

abstract：:The RNA-binding protein HuD binds to a regulatory element in the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of the GAP-43 mRNA. To investigate the functional significance of this interaction, we generated PC12 cell lines in which HuD levels were controlled by transfection with either antisense (pDuH) or sense (pcHuD) constructs....

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mobarak CD,Anderson KD,Morin M,Beckel-Mitchener A,Rogers SL,Furneaux H,King P,Perrone-Bizzozero NI

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XMAP215/Dis1 proteins are conserved tubulin-binding TOG-domain proteins that regulate microtubule (MT) plus-end dynamics. Here we show that Alp14, a XMAP215 orthologue in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, has properties of a MT polymerase. In vivo, Alp14 localizes to growing MT plus ends in a manner independen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Al-Bassam J,Kim H,Flor-Parra I,Lal N,Velji H,Chang F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 260-kDa heterodimeric Gal/GalNAc-specific Lectin (Gal-lectin) of Entamoeba histolytica dissociates under reducing conditions into a heavy (hgl, 170 kDa) and a light subunit (lgl, 35 kDa). We have previously shown that inhibition of expression of the 35-kDa subunit by antisense RNA causes a decrease in virulence. T...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Katz U,Ankri S,Stolarsky T,Nuchamowitz Y,Mirelman D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted endocytosis of plasma membrane (PM) proteins allows cells to adjust their complement of membrane proteins to changing extracellular conditions. For a wide variety of PM proteins, initiation of endocytosis is triggered by ubiquitination. In yeast, arrestin-related trafficking adaptors (ARTs) enable a single ub...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Guiney EL,Klecker T,Emr SD

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arf and Rab/Ypt GTPases coordinately regulate membrane traffic and organelle structure by regulating vesicle formation and fusion. Ample evidence has indicated that proteins in these two families may function in parallel or complementarily; however, the manner in which Arf and Rab/Ypt proteins perform interchangea...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chen YT,Wang IH,Wang YH,Chiu WY,Hu JH,Chen WH,Lee FS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sec13p has been thought to be an essential component of the COPII coat, required for exit of proteins from the yeast endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We show herein that normal function of Sec13p was not required for ER exit of the Hsp150 glycoprotein. Hsp150 was secreted to the medium under restrictive conditions in a sec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fatal N,Suntio T,Makarow M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MAGP-1 and fibrillin-1, two protein components of extracellular microfibrils, were shown by immunoprecipitation studies to interact with the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan decorin in the medium of cultured fetal bovine chondrocytes. Decorin interacted with each protein individually and with both proteins together to...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Trask BC,Trask TM,Broekelmann T,Mecham RP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk1 at the transition from interphase to mitosis induces important changes in microtubule dynamics. Cdk1 phosphorylates a number of microtubule- or tubulin-binding proteins but, hitherto, tubulin itself has not been detected as a Cdk1 substrate. Here we show that Cdk1 pho...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fourest-Lieuvin A,Peris L,Gache V,Garcia-Saez I,Juillan-Binard C,Lantez V,Job D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) regulates activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/c-Jun and the inhibitor of κB kinase (IKK)/nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling cascades in response to TNF-α stimulation. Gene knockout studies have revealed that TRAF2 inhibits TNF-α-induced ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhang L,Blackwell K,Altaeva A,Shi Z,Habelhah H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of binding assays is to measure interactions between two molecules, such as a protein binding another protein, a small molecule, or a nucleic acid. Hard work is required to prepare reagents, but flaws in the design of many binding experiments limit the information obtained. In particular many experiments fail ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pollard TD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the Swi5 transcription factor regulates the expression of the SIC1 Cdk inhibitor in late mitosis. This suggests that Swi5 might control other genes with roles in ending mitosis. We identified a gene with a Swi5-binding site in the promoter that encoded a protein with high homology to Pcl2...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aerne BL,Johnson AL,Toyn JH,Johnston LH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collective cell migration is emerging as a major contributor to normal development and disease. Collective movement of border cells in the Drosophila ovary requires cooperation between two distinct cell types: four to six migratory cells surrounding two immotile cells called polar cells. Polar cells secrete a cytokine...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Xiang W,Zhang D,Montell DJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EB1 proteins are ubiquitous microtubule-associated proteins involved in microtubule search and capture, regulation of microtubule dynamics, cell polarity, and chromosome stability. We have cloned a complete cDNA of Dictyostelium EB1 (DdEB1), the largest known EB1 homolog (57 kDa). Immunofluorescence analysis and expre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rehberg M,Gräf R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe heat stress causes protein denaturation in various cellular compartments. If Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown at 24 degrees C are preconditioned at 37 degrees C, proteins denatured by subsequent exposure to 48-50 degrees C can be renatured when the cells are allowed to recover at 24 degrees C. Conformationa...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hänninen AL,Simola M,Saris N,Makarow M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disorder associated with defective hydration of lung airways due to the loss of chloride transport through the CF transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR). CFTR contains two membrane-spanning domains (MSDs), two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs), and a regulatory domai...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ren HY,Grove DE,De La Rosa O,Houck SA,Sopha P,Van Goor F,Hoffman BJ,Cyr DM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation and discharge of dense-core secretory vesicles depend on controlled rearrangement of the core proteins during their assembly and dispersal. The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila offers a simple system in which the mechanisms may be studied. Here we show that most of the core consists of a set of polypeptides d...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verbsky JW,Turkewitz AP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MTG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, corresponding to ORF YMR097c on chromosome XIII, codes for a mitochondrial protein essential for respiratory competence. A human homologue of Mtg1p capable of partially rescuing the respiratory deficiency of a yeast mtg1 mutant has also been localized in mitochondria. Mtg1p i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Barrientos A,Korr D,Barwell KJ,Sjulsen C,Gajewski CD,Manfredi G,Ackerman S,Tzagoloff A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin regulates glucose uptake into fat and muscle by modulating the distribution of the GLUT4 glucose transporter between the surface and interior of cells. The GLUT4 trafficking pathway overlaps with the general endocytic recycling pathway, but the degree and functional significance of the overlap are not known. I...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zeigerer A,Lampson MA,Karylowski O,Sabatini DD,Adesnik M,Ren M,McGraw TE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF, VEGF-A) is a major regulator of physiological and pathological angiogenesis. One feature of VEGF is the existence of multiple isoforms arising from alternative exon splicing. Our initial biochemical and biological studies indicated that such isoforms are uniquely suited to gen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ferrara N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPOP, speckle-type POZ protein is a substrate adaptor protein of the Cullin-3/RING ubiquitin E3 complex. The spop gene is the most commonly point mutated in human primary prostate cancers, but the pathological contribution of the SPOP mutations remains unclear. In this study, we investigated several known factors that...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Watanabe R,Maekawa M,Hieda M,Taguchi T,Miura N,Kikugawa T,Saika T,Higashiyama S

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The formin mDia2 mediates the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia during cell locomotion. The subcellular localization of activated mDia2 depends on interactions with actin filaments and the plasma membrane. We investigated the poorly understood mechanism of plasma membrane targeting of mDia2 and found that the en...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gorelik R,Yang C,Kameswaran V,Dominguez R,Svitkina T

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple tau gene mutations are pathogenic for hereditary frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), with filamentous tau aggregates as the major lesions in the CNS of these patients. Recent studies have shown that bacterially expressed recombinant tau proteins with FTDP-17 missense mu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Vogelsberg-Ragaglia V,Bruce J,Richter-Landsberg C,Zhang B,Hong M,Trojanowski JQ,Lee VM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) protein tyrosine kinase plays an important role in interleukin-3- or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-mediated signal transduction pathways leading to cell proliferation, activation of early response genes, and inhibition of apoptosis. However, it is unclear whether Jak2 can activ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mohi MG,Arai Ki,Watanabe S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine how the human cdc25 gene product acts to regulate p34cdc2 at the G2 to M transition, we have overproduced the full-length protein (cdc25Hs) as well as several deletion mutants in bacteria as glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins. The wild-type cdc25Hs gene product was synthesized as an 80-kDa fusion p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lee MS,Ogg S,Xu M,Parker LL,Donoghue DJ,Maller JL,Piwnica-Worms H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exocyst is an evolutionarily conserved octameric protein complex that tethers post-Golgi secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane for exocytosis. To elucidate the mechanism of vesicle tethering, it is important to understand how the exocyst physically associates with the plasma membrane (PM). In this study, we re...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu J,Zuo X,Yue P,Guo W

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin, the major adherens junction adhesion molecule in endothelial cells, interacts with p120-catenin and β-catenin through its cytoplasmic tail. However, the specific functional contributions of the catenins to the establishment of strong adhesion are not fully understood. Here we use bi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oas RG,Nanes BA,Esimai CC,Vincent PA,García AJ,Kowalczyk AP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) is a key regulator of membrane fluidity, turns over rapidly, and represents a prototype for selective degradation of resident proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum. Using detergent-solubilized, desaturase-induced rat liver microsomes we have characterized a protease that degrades S...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heinemann FS,Ozols J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, three genes that function in the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, ago1+, dcr1+, and rdp1+, have recently been shown to be important for timely formation of heterochromatin and accurate chromosome segregation. In the present study, we present evidence that null mutants fo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Carmichael JB,Provost P,Ekwall K,Hobman TC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that interleukin-4 (IL-4) protects TS1alphabeta cells from apoptosis, but very little is known about the mechanism by which IL-4 exerts this effect. We found that Akt activity, which is dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, is reduced in IL-4-deprived TS1alphabeta cells. Overexpression o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cerezo A,Martínez-A C,Lanzarot D,Fischer S,Franke TF,Rebollo A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-type cyclins are rapidly degraded at the transition between metaphase and anaphase and their ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is required for cells to exit mitosis. We used a novel enrichment to isolate new budding mutants that arrest the cell cycle in mitosis. Most of these mutants lie in the CDC16, CDC23, and CDC27 ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hwang LH,Murray AW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00