Structural insights into a new homodimeric self-activated GTPase family.

abstract：:The race for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has accelerated research on RNA-based therapeutics. Beyond vaccines, RNA also shows great potential for cancer therapies. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Rinaldi A

更新日期：2020-07-03 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：:The second edition of the EMBO Spatial meeting took place in May 2011 in Engelberg, Switzerland. Although the work presented at the meeting covered a challengingly broad range of topics, it accomplished the rare goal of promoting interactions between cell biologists, neuroscientists, systems biologists and mathematici...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tzlil S,Kuruvilla R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aurora B localization to mitotic centromeres, which is required for proper chromosome alignment during mitosis, relies on Haspin-dependent histone H3 phosphorylation and on Bub1-dependent histone H2A phosphorylation--which interacts with Borealin through a Shugoshin (Sgo) intermediate. We demonstrate that Mps1 stimula...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： van der Waal MS,Saurin AT,Vromans MJ,Vleugel M,Wurzenberger C,Gerlich DW,Medema RH,Kops GJ,Lens SM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) originate from stemloop-forming precursor RNAs found in longer primary transcripts that often contain introns. We show that in plants, those introns, when located 3' of the stemloop, can promote mature miRNA accumulation, through a mechanism that likely operates at the level of miRNA processing or s...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Schwab R,Speth C,Laubinger S,Voinnet O

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals affected by the autosomal recessive disorder Werner's syndrome (WS) develop many of the symptoms characteristic of premature ageing. Primary fibroblasts cultured from WS patients exhibit karyotypic abnormalities and a reduced replicative life span. The WRN gene encodes a 3'-5' DNA helicase, and is a member...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Constantinou A,Tarsounas M,Karow JK,Brosh RM,Bohr VA,Hickson ID,West SC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal tract undergoes homeostatic self-renewal to replace aged and damaged epithelial cells. This process, sustained by intestinal stem cells (ISCs), can operate accurately for many years but gradually declines with age. Although stem cell aging has been intensively explored, the mechanisms remain poorl...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Zhang P,Edgar BA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) have accumulated in vertebrate genomes and contribute to the complexity of gene regulation. KAP1 represses ERVs during development by its recruitment to their repetitive sequences through KRAB zinc-finger proteins (KZNFs), but little is known about the regulation of ERVs in adult tissues...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tie CH,Fernandes L,Conde L,Robbez-Masson L,Sumner RP,Peacock T,Rodriguez-Plata MT,Mickute G,Gifford R,Towers GJ,Herrero J,Rowe HM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical pulling forces on astral microtubules are essential to position the spindle. These forces are generated by cortical dynein, a minus-end directed motor. Previously, another dynein regulator termed Spindly was proposed to regulate dynein-dependent spindle positioning. However, the mechanism of how Spindly regul...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tame MA,Raaijmakers JA,Afanasyev P,Medema RH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of nuclear localization signals (NLSs) are experimentally known although only one motif was available for database searches through PROSITE. We initially collected a set of 91 experimentally verified NLSs from the literature. Through iterated 'in silico mutagenesis' we then extended the set to 214 potential ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cokol M,Nair R,Rost B

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cell (ESC) cultures display a heterogeneous gene expression profile, ranging from a pristine naïve pluripotent state to a primed epiblast state. Addition of inhibitors of GSK3β and MEK (so-called 2i conditions) pushes ESC cultures toward a more homogeneous naïve pluripotent state, but the molecular unde...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Welling M,Chen HH,Muñoz J,Musheev MU,Kester L,Junker JP,Mischerikow N,Arbab M,Kuijk E,Silberstein L,Kharchenko PV,Geens M,Niehrs C,van de Velde H,van Oudenaarden A,Heck AJ,Geijsen N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Euchromatic histone methyltransferases (EHMTs), members of the KMT1 family, methylate histone and non-histone proteins. Here, we uncover a novel role for EHMTs in regulating heterochromatin anchorage to the nuclear periphery (NP) via non-histone methylation. We show that EHMTs methylate and stabilize LaminB1 (LMNB1), ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Rao RA,Ketkar AA,Kedia N,Krishnamoorthy VK,Lakshmanan V,Kumar P,Mohanty A,Kumar SD,Raja SO,Gulyani A,Chaturvedi CP,Brand M,Palakodeti D,Rampalli S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known about the biogenesis and assembly of oligomeric membrane proteins. In this study, the biogenesis of KcsA, a prokaryotic homotetrameric potassium channel, is investigated. Using in vivo pulse-chase experiments, both the monomeric and tetrameric form could be identified. The conversion of monomers i...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： van Dalen A,Schrempf H,Killian JA,de Kruijff B

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic liver disease and affects an estimated 3% of the world's population. Options for the prevention or therapy of HCV infection are limited; there is no vaccine and the nonspecific, interferon-based treatments now in use are frequently ineffective and have significant side effects. A...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ploss A,Rice CM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation of the telomeric overhang by telomerase is counteracted by synthesis of the complementary strand by the CST complex, CTC1(Cdc13)/Stn1/Ten1. Interaction of budding yeast Stn1 with overhang-binding Cdc13 is increased by Cdc13 SUMOylation. Human and fission yeast CST instead interact with overhang-binding TPP1...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Garg M,Gurung RL,Mansoubi S,Ahmed JO,Davé A,Watts FZ,Bianchi A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 tumour suppressor protein has a crucial role in cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. Previous reports show that the p53 messenger RNA is translated to produce an amino-terminal-deleted isoform (DeltaN-p53) from an internal initiation codon, which acts as a dominant-negative inhibitor of full-length p53. Here, we s...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ray PS,Grover R,Das S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitylation is an essential post-translational modification that regulates numerous cellular processes, most notably protein degradation. Ubiquitin can itself be phosphorylated at nearly every serine, threonine, and tyrosine residue. However, the effect of this modification on ubiquitin function is largely unknown....

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Swaney DL,Rodríguez-Mias RA,Villén J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past years, yeasts have been successfully established as models to study the mechanisms of apoptotic regulation. We recently showed that mutations in the LSM4 gene, which is involved in messenger RNA decapping, lead to increased mRNA stability and apoptosis in yeast. Here, we show that mitochondrial functio...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mazzoni C,Herker E,Palermo V,Jungwirth H,Eisenberg T,Madeo F,Falcone C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcellular organization is yielding to large-scale analysis. Researchers are now applying robust mass-spectrometry-based proteomics methods to obtain an inventory of biochemically isolated organelles that contain hundreds of proteins. High-resolution methods allow accurate protein identification, and novel algorithms...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Andersen JS,Mann M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in protein folding and the proteasomal pathway have been linked with many neurodegenerative diseases. PLIC-1 (protein linking IAP to the cytoskeleton) is a ubiquitin-like protein that binds to the ubiquitin-interacting motif (UIM) of the proteasomal subunit S5a. Here, we show that PLIC-1 also binds to the UIM ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Heir R,Ablasou C,Dumontier E,Elliott M,Fagotto-Kaufmann C,Bedford FK

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Autophagosome formation is promoted by the PI3 kinase complex and negatively regulated by myotubularin phosphatases, indicating that regulation of local phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) levels is important for this early phase of autophagy. Here, we show that the Caenorhabditis elegans myotubularin phosphat...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Wu Y,Cheng S,Zhao H,Zou W,Yoshina S,Mitani S,Zhang H,Wang X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that the large trinucleotide repeat expansions observed in many neurological diseases occur during replication. However, genetic recombination has emerged as a major source of instability for tandem repeats, including minisatellites, and recent studies raise the possibility that it may also be re...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Richard GF,Pâques F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLIP-170/Restin belongs to a family of conserved microtubule (MT)-associated proteins, which are important for MT organization and functions. CLIP-170 is a phosphoprotein and phosphorylation is thought to regulate the binding of CLIP-170 to MTs. However, little is known about the kinase(s) involved. In this study, we ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Choi JH,Bertram PG,Drenan R,Carvalho J,Zhou HH,Zheng XF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Around 100 researchers gathered at the eighteenth EMBO Conference on 'The Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila', which took place in Crete in June 2012. Whether deconstructing or integrating at the genetic, cellular or organ level, the talks highlighted the synergy of combining methods, approaches and dis...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Miguel-Aliaga I,Oliver B,Teleman AA

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila immune system is able to discriminate between classes of bacteria. Detection of Gram-positive bacteria involves a complex of two pattern recognition receptors: peptidoglycan recognition protein SA (PGRP-SA) and Gram-negative binding protein 1 (GNBP1). These activate the Toll signalling pathway. To defin...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Filipe SR,Tomasz A,Ligoxygakis P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cytochrome c (Cyt c) in caspase activation has largely been established from mammalian cell-culture studies, but much remains to be learned about its physiological relevance in situ. The role of Cyt c in invertebrates has been subject to considerable controversy. The Drosophila genome contains distinct cyt...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mendes CS,Arama E,Brown S,Scherr H,Srivastava M,Bergmann A,Steller H,Mollereau B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins of the Imp4/Brix superfamily are involved in ribosomal RNA processing, an essential function in all cells. We report the first structure of an Imp4/Brix superfamily protein, the Mil (for Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Imp4-like) protein (gene product Mth680), from the archaeon M. thermautotrophicus. T...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ng CL,Waterman D,Koonin EV,Antson AA,Ortiz-Lombardía M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of primary cilia is a key feature of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL)-associated pathology. Although VHL-deficiency predisposes cells to precipitous cilia disassembly in response to growth factor cues, it does not affect ciliogenesis. Here, using a siRNA-based screen to find genes that are essential for c...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Troilo A,Alexander I,Muehl S,Jaramillo D,Knobeloch KP,Krek W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like many transcription regulators, histone methyltransferases G9a and G9a-like protein (GLP) can act gene-specifically as coregulators, but mechanisms controlling this specificity are mostly unknown. We show that adjacent post-translational methylation and phosphorylation regulate binding of G9a and GLP to heterochro...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Poulard C,Bittencourt D,Wu DY,Hu Y,Gerke DS,Stallcup MR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00