Alternative editing of cytochrome c oxidase III mRNA in trypanosome mitochondria generates protein diversity.

abstract：:Cardiac dysfunctions dramatically increase with age. Revealing a currently unknown contributor to cardiac ageing, we report the age-dependent, cardiac-specific accumulation of the lysosphingolipid sphinganine (dihydrosphingosine, DHS) as an evolutionarily conserved hallmark of the aged vertebrate heart. Mechanisticall...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ahuja G,Bartsch D,Yao W,Geissen S,Frank S,Aguirre A,Russ N,Messling JE,Dodzian J,Lagerborg KA,Vargas NE,Muck JS,Brodesser S,Baldus S,Sachinidis A,Hescheler J,Dieterich C,Trifunovic A,Papantonis A,Petrascheck M,Kli

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is a savage response of the body to infection. It can lead to organ failure, blood pressure decline, heart failure, and coma. Between 20 and 30 million people suffer from sepsis each year, leading to 8 million deaths. Although certain people are more at risk than others (young children, eld...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Van Looveren K,Van Wyngene L,Libert C

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the DNA-binding NAC domain of Arabidopsis ANAC (abscisic-acid-responsive NAC) has been determined by X-ray crystallography to 1.9A resolution (Protein Data Bank codes 1UT4 and 1UT7). This is the first structure determined for a member of the NAC family of plant-specific transcriptional regulators. NAC...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ernst HA,Olsen AN,Larsen S,Lo Leggio L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-binding zinc finger (UBZ) domain of human DNA Y-family polymerase (pol) eta is important in the recruitment of the polymerase to the stalled replication machinery in translesion synthesis. Here, we report the solution structure of the pol eta UBZ domain and its interaction with ubiquitin. We show that th...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Bomar MG,Pai MT,Tzeng SR,Li SS,Zhou P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing is a complex of mechanisms that regulate gene expression through small RNA molecules. The microRNA (miRNA) pathway is the most common of these in mammals. Genome-encoded miRNAs suppress translation in a sequence-specific manner and facilitate shifts in gene expression during developmental transitions. He...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Svoboda P,Flemr M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in TRPML1 cause the lysosomal storage disease mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV). The role of TRPML1 in cell function and how the mutations cause the disease are not well understood. Most studies focus on the role of TRPML1 in constitutive membrane trafficking to and from the lysosomes. However, this cannot explai...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Park S,Ahuja M,Kim MS,Brailoiu GC,Jha A,Zeng M,Baydyuk M,Wu LG,Wassif CA,Porter FD,Zerfas PM,Eckhaus MA,Brailoiu E,Shin DM,Muallem S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms that guide directional migration of neuroblasts from the subventricular zone (SVZ) are not well understood. We report here that endogenous electric currents serve as a guidance cue for neuroblast migration. We identify the existence of naturally occurring electric currents (1.5±0.6 μA/cm(2), average field s...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cao L,Wei D,Reid B,Zhao S,Pu J,Pan T,Yamoah E,Zhao M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first EMBO Conference on Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology in Yeast was held in Heidelberg, Germany, at the end of September 2010. What might sound like a rather narrow topic actually covered a broad range of interests, approaches, and systems and generated a great deal of excitement among participa...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Dunham MJ,Louis EJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromeric constitutive heterochromatin is marked by DNA methylation and dimethylated histone H3 Lys 9 (H3K9me2) in Arabidopsis. RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a process that uses 24-nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to induce de novo methylation to its homologous DNA sequences. Despite the pres...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Schoft VK,Chumak N,Mosiolek M,Slusarz L,Komnenovic V,Brownfield L,Twell D,Kakutani T,Tamaru H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus, which when passed through vertical transmission from mother to developing fetus can lead to developmental abnormalities, including microcephaly. While there is mounting evidence that suggests a causal relationship between ZIKV infection and microcephaly, the mechanisms by w...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tiwari SK,Dang JW,Lin N,Qin Y,Wang S,Rana TM

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cap-binding proteins of the elF4E family are generally involved in mediating ribosome recruitment to capped mRNA via an interaction with the initiation factor elF4G. However, Schizosaccharomyces pombe has two elF4E isoforms, one of which (elF4E2, encoded by tif452) has a relatively low affinity for elF4G. We show that...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ptushkina M,Malys N,McCarthy JE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) expresses several accessory proteins that manipulate various host-cell processes to achieve optimum replicative efficiency. One of them, viral protein U (Vpu), has been shown to interfere with the cellular degradation machinery through interaction with SCF(beta-TrCP) complexes. T...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Leulier F,Marchal C,Miletich I,Limbourg-Bouchon B,Benarous R,Lemaitre B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence highlights the role of histone acetyltransferase GCN5 in the regulation of cell metabolism in metazoans. Here, we report that GCN5 is a negative regulator of autophagy, a lysosome-dependent catabolic mechanism. In animal cells and Drosophila, GCN5 inhibits the biogenesis of autophagosomes and lys...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Wang Y,Huang Y,Liu J,Zhang J,Xu M,You Z,Peng C,Gong Z,Liu W

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Codon bias has been implicated as one of the major factors contributing to mRNA stability in several model organisms. However, the molecular mechanisms of codon bias on mRNA stability remain unclear in humans. Here, we show that human cells possess a mechanism to modulate RNA stability through a unique codon bias. Bio...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hia F,Yang SF,Shichino Y,Yoshinaga M,Murakawa Y,Vandenbon A,Fukao A,Fujiwara T,Landthaler M,Natsume T,Adachi S,Iwasaki S,Takeuchi O

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin ligase Highwire restrains synaptic growth and promotes evoked neurotransmission at NMJ synapses in Drosophila Highwire regulates synaptic morphology by downregulating the MAP3K Wallenda, but excess Wallenda signaling does not account for the decreased presynaptic release observed in highwire mutants. Hen...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Russo A,Goel P,Brace EJ,Buser C,Dickman D,DiAntonio A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel component, Helicase89B, that is required for the inducible antimicrobial response in Drosophila larvae by means of a P-element insertional genetic screen. Helicase89B belongs to the Mot1p/BTAF1 subfamily of SNF2-like ATPases. This subfamily can interact with TATA-binding proteins, but whethe...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Yagi Y,Ip YT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High expression levels of SLFN11 correlate with the sensitivity of human cancer cells to DNA-damaging agents. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism. Here, we show that SLFN11 interacts directly with RPA1 and is recruited to sites of DNA damage in an RPA1-dependent manner. Furthermore, we establish th...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mu Y,Lou J,Srivastava M,Zhao B,Feng XH,Liu T,Chen J,Huang J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative RNA processing of LMNA pre-mRNA produces three main protein isoforms, that is, lamin A, progerin, and lamin C. De novo mutations that favor the expression of progerin over lamin A lead to Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), providing support for the involvement of LMNA processing in pathological a...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Lopez-Mejia IC,de Toledo M,Chavey C,Lapasset L,Cavelier P,Lopez-Herrera C,Chebli K,Fort P,Beranger G,Fajas L,Amri EZ,Casas F,Tazi J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potentially pathogenic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae, become non-culturable during stasis. The analysis of such cells has been hampered by difficulties in studying bacterial population heterogeneity. Using in situ detection of protein oxidation in single E. coli cells, and using a density-grad...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Desnues B,Cuny C,Grégori G,Dukan S,Aguilaniu H,Nyström T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-associated p53 missense mutants confer gain of function (GOF) and promote tumorigenesis by regulating crucial signaling pathways. However, the role of GOF mutant p53 in regulating DNA replication, a commonly altered pathway in cancer, is less explored. Here, we show that enhanced Cdc7-dependent replication init...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Datta A,Ghatak D,Das S,Banerjee T,Paul A,Butti R,Gorain M,Ghuwalewala S,Roychowdhury A,Alam SK,Das P,Chatterjee R,Dasgupta M,Panda CK,Kundu GC,Roychoudhury S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of most cell types requires both establishment of G1 arrest and the induction of a program related to achieving quiescence. We have chosen to study the differentiation of oligodendrocyte cells to determine the role of p27 and p21 in this process. Here we report that both p27 and p21 are required for th...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Zezula J,Casaccia-Bonnefil P,Ezhevsky SA,Osterhout DJ,Levine JM,Dowdy SF,Chao MV,Koff A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in GRN, which encodes progranulin, are a common cause of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FTD is a devastating disease characterised by neuronal loss in the frontal and temporal lobes that leads to changes in personality, behaviour and language. There are no effective treatments for this complex condi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Clayton EL,Isaacs AM

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in viral infection is poorly studied. We have identified hepatitis C virus (HCV)-Stimulated lncRNAs (CSRs) by transcriptome analysis. Interestingly, two of these CSRs (PVT1 and UCA1) play relevant roles in tumorigenesis, providing a novel link between HCV infection and develop...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Carnero E,Barriocanal M,Prior C,Pablo Unfried J,Segura V,Guruceaga E,Enguita M,Smerdou C,Gastaminza P,Fortes P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor-evoked Ca(2+) signal is sensed and translated by mitochondria. Physiological cytoplasmic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]c) oscillations result in mitochondrial Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]m) oscillations, while large and sustained [Ca(2+)]c increase results in a pathologic increase in basal [Ca(2+)]m and in Ca(2+) accumulation. The...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ahuja M,Muallem S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-mobility-group B (HMGB) chromosomal proteins are characterized by the HMG box, a DNA-binding domain that both introduces a tight bend into DNA and binds preferentially to a variety of distorted DNA structures. The HMGB proteins seem to act primarily as architectural facilitators in the manipulation of nucleop...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Travers AA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Niban is highly expressed in human cancer cells, the cellular functions of Niban remain largely unknown. We demonstrate here that ultraviolet irradiation induces phosphorylation of Niban at S602 by AKT, which increases the association of Niban with nucleophosmin and disassociation of nucleophosmin from the MD...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ji H,Ding Z,Hawke D,Xing D,Jiang BH,Mills GB,Lu Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although eukaryotic G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) systems are well known for their ability to detect and mediate rapid responses to extracellular signals, the full range of stimuli to which they respond may not yet have been identified. Activation of GPCRs by hormones, pheromones, odorants, neurotransmitters, ligh...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Versele M,Lemaire K,Thevelein JM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic mitochondria are particularly vulnerable to physiological insults, and defects in synaptic mitochondria are linked to early pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mitophagy, a cargo-specific autophagy for elimination of dysfunctional mitochondria, constitutes a key quality control mechanism. However, ho...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Han S,Jeong YY,Sheshadri P,Su X,Cai Q

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acids are essential for cellular metabolism, and it is important to understand how nutrient supply is coordinated with changing energy requirements during embryogenesis. Here, we show that the amino acid transporter Slc7a5/Lat1 is highly expressed in tissues undergoing morphogenesis and that Slc7a5-null mouse em...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Poncet N,Halley PA,Lipina C,Gierliński M,Dady A,Singer GA,Febrer M,Shi YB,Yamaguchi TP,Taylor PM,Storey KG

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lgr5 receptor is a marker of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) that regulates Wnt/b-catenin signaling. In this study, phenotype analysis of knockin/knockout Lgr5-eGFP-IRES-Cre and Lgr5-DTReGFP embryos reveals that Lgr5 deficiency during Wnt-mediated cytodifferentiation results in amplification of ISCs and early differe...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Fernandez Vallone V,Leprovots M,Ribatallada-Soriano D,Gerbier R,Lefort A,Libert F,Vassart G,Garcia MI

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00