In vivo dynamics of Rac-membrane interactions.

abstract：:Functionally different subsets of actin filament arrays contribute to cellular organization and motility. We report the identification of a novel subset of loose actin filament arrays through regulated association with the widely expressed protein SWAP-70. These loose actin filament arrays were commonly located behind...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hilpelä P,Oberbanscheidt P,Hahne P,Hund M,Kalhammer G,Small JV,Bähler M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is an autosomal dominant disorder of craniofacial development caused by mutations in the gene TCOF1. Its gene product, treacle, consists mainly of a central repeat domain, which shows it to be structurally related to the nucleolar phosphoprotein Nopp140. Treacle remains mostly uncharact...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Isaac C,Marsh KL,Paznekas WA,Dixon J,Dixon MJ,Jabs EW,Meier UT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmin interacts with nebulin establishing a direct link between the intermediate filament network and sarcomeres at the Z-discs. Here, we examined a desmin mutation, E245D, that is located within the coil IB (nebulin-binding) region of desmin and that has been reported to cause human cardiomyopathy and skeletal muscl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Conover GM,Henderson SN,Gregorio CC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have undertaken a biochemical analysis of the regulation of the G1/S-phase transition and commitment to the cell cycle in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The execution of Start requires the activity of the Cdc2 protein kinase and the Sct1/Cdc10 transcription complex. Progression through G1 also require...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Caligiuri M,Connolly T,Beach D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase assembles in the inner membrane from subunits of dual genetic origin. The assembly process of the enzyme is initiated by membrane insertion of the mitochondria-encoded Cox1 subunit. During complex maturation, transient assembly intermediates, consisting of structural subunits and...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bareth B,Nikolov M,Lorenzi I,Hildenbeutel M,Mick DU,Helbig C,Urlaub H,Ott M,Rehling P,Dennerlein S

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range chromatin interactions between gene loci in the cell nucleus are important for many biological processes, including transcriptional regulation. Previously, we demonstrated that several genes specifically cluster with the astrocyte-specific gene for glial fibrillary acidic protein (Gfap) during astrocyte dif...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ito K,Noguchi A,Uosaki Y,Taga T,Arakawa H,Takizawa T

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin-based cell-cell contacts are prominent sites for phosphotyrosine signaling, being enriched in tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins and tyrosine kinases and phosphatases. The functional interplay between cadherin adhesion and tyrosine kinase signaling, however, is complex and incompletely understood. In this repor...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： McLachlan RW,Kraemer A,Helwani FM,Kovacs EM,Yap AS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRM1 (Exportin1/XPO1) exports hundreds of broadly functioning protein cargoes out of the cell nucleus by binding to their classical nuclear export signals (NESs). The 8- to 15-amino-acid-long NESs contain four to five hydrophobic residues and are highly diverse in both sequence and CRM1-bound structure. Here we examin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fu SC,Fung HYJ,Cağatay T,Baumhardt J,Chook YM

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The stem-loop binding protein (SLBP1) binds the 3' stem-loop of histone pre-mRNA and is required for efficient processing of histone transcripts in the nucleus. We examined the localization of SLBP1 in the germinal vesicle of Xenopus laevis oocytes. In spread preparations of germinal vesicle contents, an anti-SLBP1 an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Abbott J,Marzluff WF,Gall JG

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motility of cilia (also known as flagella in some eukaryotes) is based on axonemal doublet microtubule sliding that is driven by the dynein molecular motors. Dyneins are organized into intricately patterned inner and outer rows of arms, whose collective activity is to produce inter-microtubule movement. However, to ge...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： King SM,Sale WS

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) at the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane has been proposed to locally regulate the actin cytoskeleton. Indeed, recent studies that use GFP-tagged pleckstrin homology domains (GFP-PH) as fluorescent PIP(2) sensors suggest that this lipid is enriched in membrane microdo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： van Rheenen J,Jalink K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended coiled-coil proteins of the Golgin family play prominent roles in maintaining the structure and function of the Golgi complex. Here we further investigate the Golgin protein Coy1 and document its function in retrograde transport between early Golgi compartments. Cells that lack Coy1 displayed a reduced half-l...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Anderson NS,Mukherjee I,Bentivoglio CM,Barlowe C

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient maintenance of genome integrity in the face of cellular stress is vital to protect against human diseases such as cancer. DNA replication, chromatin dynamics, cellular signaling, nuclear architecture, cell cycle checkpoints, and other cellular activities contribute to the delicate spatiotemporal control ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jensen RB,Rothenberg E

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of cholesterol for endocytosis has been investigated in HEp-2 and other cell lines by using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) to selectively extract cholesterol from the plasma membrane. MbetaCD treatment strongly inhibited endocytosis of transferrin and EGF, whereas endocytosis of ricin was less affec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rodal SK,Skretting G,Garred O,Vilhardt F,van Deurs B,Sandvig K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy is an important tool for measuring in vivo gene dynamics in single cells. However, fluorescent proteins are limited by slow chromophore maturation times and the cellular autofluorescence or phototoxicity that arises from light excitation. An alternative is luciferase, an enzyme that ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mazo-Vargas A,Park H,Aydin M,Buchler NE

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational diseases are associated with the conversion of normal proteins into aggregation-prone toxic conformers with structures similar to that of β-amyloid. Spatial distribution of amyloid-like proteins into intracellular quality control centers can be beneficial, but cellular mechanisms for protective aggregat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wolfe KJ,Ren HY,Trepte P,Cyr DM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small G proteins Cdc42, Rac1, and Rac2 regulate the rearrangements of actin and membrane necessary for Fcgamma receptor-mediated phagocytosis by macrophages. Activated, GTP-bound Cdc42, Rac1, and Rac2 bind to the p21-binding domain (PBD) of PAK1, and this interaction provided a basis for microscopic methods to loc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hoppe AD,Swanson JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells occurs in a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanism responsible for initiating this process is unknown. Here, we used live cell imaging to show that actin-based protrusions at the leading edge initiate macrophage fusion. Pha...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Faust JJ,Balabiyev A,Heddleston JM,Podolnikova NP,Baluch DP,Chew TL,Ugarova TP

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen sensitive alpha-subunit of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a major trigger of the cellular response to hypoxia. Although the posttranslational regulation of HIF-1alpha by hypoxia is well known, its transcriptional regulation by hypoxia is still under debate. We, therefore, investigated the regulat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Belaiba RS,Bonello S,Zähringer C,Schmidt S,Hess J,Kietzmann T,Görlach A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tomosyn/Sro7 family is thought to play an important role in cell surface trafficking both as an effector of Rab family GTPases and as a regulator of plasma-membrane SNARE function. Recent work has determined the binding site of GTP-bound Sec4 on Sro7. Here we examine the effect of mutations in Sro7 that block Sec4...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rossi G,Watson K,Kennedy W,Brennwald P

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is required for terminal osteoclast differentiation and is a target for signaling pathways engaged by colony stimulating factor (CSF)-1 and receptor-activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL). Work presented here demonstrates that MITF can shuttle from c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bronisz A,Sharma SM,Hu R,Godlewski J,Tzivion G,Mansky KC,Ostrowski MC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene, prom-1, was isolated in a screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased apoptosis in the germline. prom-1 encodes an F-box protein with limited homology to the putative human tumor suppressor FBXO47. Mutations in the prom-1 locus cause a strong reduction in bivalent formation, which results in...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jantsch V,Tang L,Pasierbek P,Penkner A,Nayak S,Baudrimont A,Schedl T,Gartner A,Loidl J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satellite cells (SCs), the resident adult stem cells of skeletal muscle, are required for tissue repair throughout life. While many signaling pathways are known to control SC self-renewal, less is known about the mechanisms underlying the spatiotemporal control of self-renewal during skeletal muscle repair. Here, we m...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moyle LA,Cheng RY,Liu H,Davoudi S,Ferreira SA,Nissar AA,Sun Y,Gentleman E,Simmons CA,Gilbert PM

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival motor neuron (SMN) complex fulfils essential functions in the assembly of snRNPs, which are key components in the splicing of pre-mRNAs. Little is known about the regulation of SMN complex activity by posttranslational modification despite its complicated phosphorylation pattern. Several phosphatases had ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Husedzinovic A,Neumann B,Reymann J,Draeger-Meurer S,Chari A,Erfle H,Fischer U,Gruss OJ

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas lysosome-related organelles (LRO) of specialized cells display both exocytic and endocytic features, lysosomes in nonspecialized cells can also acquire the property to fuse with the plasma membrane upon an acute rise in cytosolic calcium. Here, we characterize this unconventional secretory pathway in fibroblas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Laulagnier K,Schieber NL,Maritzen T,Haucke V,Parton RG,Gruenberg J

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntaxin 3 (Stx3), a SNARE protein located and functioning at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells, is required for epithelial polarity. A fraction of Stx3 is localized to late endosomes/lysosomes, although how it traffics there and its function in these organelles is unknown. Here we report that Stx3 underg...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Giovannone AJ,Reales E,Bhattaram P,Fraile-Ramos A,Weimbs T

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients exhibit increased chromosome aneuploidy, particularly trisomy 21, in neurons and other cells. Significantly, trisomy 21/Down syndrome patients develop early onset AD pathology. We investigated the mechanism underlying mosaic chromosome aneuploidy in AD and r...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Granic A,Padmanabhan J,Norden M,Potter H

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increase in JNK, c-Jun, and Cdk5 activities are reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibition of c-Jun prevents neuronal cell death in in vivo AD models, highlighting it as a major JNK effector. Both JNK and Cdk5 promote neurodegeneration upon deregulation; however, Cdk5 has not been mechanistically lin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sun KH,Lee HG,Smith MA,Shah K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplying the appropriate amount of correctly folded α/β-tubulin heterodimers is critical for microtubule dynamics. Formation of assembly-competent heterodimers is remarkably elaborate at the molecular level, in which the α- and β-tubulins are separately processed in a chaperone-dependent manner. This sequential step ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mori R,Toda T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five or more orthophosphates bound together by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds are highly ubiquitous inorganic molecules called polyphosphate. Polyphosphate acts as a signaling molecule eliciting a number of responses in eukaryotic cells, but the mechanisms mediating these effects are poorly understood. Proliferati...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Suess PM,Tang Y,Gomer RH

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00