Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate mediates the targeting of the exocyst to the plasma membrane for exocytosis in mammalian cells.

abstract：:Immunolocalization studies in epithelial cells revealed myo6 was associated with peripherally located vesicles that contained the transferrin receptor. Pulse-chase experiments after transferrin uptake showed that these vesicles were newly uncoated endocytic vesicles and that myo6 was recruited to these vesicles immedi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aschenbrenner L,Lee T,Hasson T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a potent neuropeptide that possesses both neurotrophic and neurodevelopmental effects. Recently, the Rit GTPase was found to be activated by a novel Galpha/cAMP/exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (Epac)-dependent signaling pathway and required for PAC...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shi GX,Jin L,Andres DA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) proteins have a transmembrane domain near the C terminus and an N-terminal cytosolic moiety. It is not clear how these tail-anchored (TA) proteins posttranslationally select their target, but C-terminal charged residues play an important role. To investigate how discrimination b...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Borgese N,Gazzoni I,Barberi M,Colombo S,Pedrazzini E

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and hypertonicity each increase the content of GLUT4 glucose transporters at the surface of muscle cells. Insulin enhances GLUT4 exocytosis without diminishing its endocytosis. The insulin but not the hypertonicity response is reduced by tetanus neurotoxin, which cleaves vesicle-associated membrane protein (VA...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Randhawa VK,Thong FS,Lim DY,Li D,Garg RR,Rudge R,Galli T,Rudich A,Klip A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles requires the Rab-family GTPase Ypt7p and its effector complex, homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting complex (HOPS). Although the vacuolar kinase Yck3p is required for the sensitivity of vacuole fusion to proteins that regulate the Rab GTPase cycle-Gdi1p (GDP-dissociation ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zick M,Wickner W

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) modulates the expression of numerous genes via interaction with a specific DNA sequence termed the kappa B site. Its activity is modulated by a cytosolic inhibitor protein termed I kappa B, and its activation occurs in response to a variety of agents in a variety of cell types, most...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Olashaw NE,Kowalik TF,Huang ES,Pledger WJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable disease of the lung that is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM), resulting in disruption of normal lung function. The signals regulating fibrosis include both transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and tissue rigidity and a major sign...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Monaghan-Benson E,Wittchen ES,Doerschuk CM,Burridge K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myo1c is a member of the myosin superfamily that binds phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), links the actin cytoskeleton to cellular membranes and plays roles in mechano-signal transduction and membrane trafficking. We located and characterized two distinct membrane binding sites within the regulatory and t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hokanson DE,Laakso JM,Lin T,Sept D,Ostap EM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 interactor with leucine-rich repeats (Tril) functions as a coreceptor for Toll-like receptors (Tlrs) to mediate innate immune responses in adults. In embryos, Tril signals to promote degradation of the Bmp inhibitor, Smad7, to allow for blood formation. It is not known whether this function requir...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kim HS,McKnite A,Xie Y,Christian JL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are essential for cell division, shape, intracellular transport, and polarity. MT stability is regulated by many factors, including MT-associated proteins and proteins controlling the amount of free tubulin heterodimers available for polymerization. Tubulin-binding cofactors are potential key regula...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Baffet AD,Benoit B,Januschke J,Audo J,Gourhand V,Roth S,Guichet A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SLC45A2 encodes a putative transporter expressed primarily in pigment cells. SLC45A2 mutations cause oculocutaneous albinism type 4 (OCA4) and polymorphisms are associated with pigmentation variation, but the localization, function, and regulation of SLC45A2 and its variants remain unknown. We show that SLC45A2 locali...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Le L,Escobar IE,Ho T,Lefkovith AJ,Latteri E,Haltaufderhyde KD,Dennis MK,Plowright L,Sviderskaya EV,Bennett DC,Oancea E,Marks MS

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian cells, the cortical endoplasmic reticulum (cER) is a network of tubules and cisterns that lie in close apposition to the plasma membrane (PM). We provide evidence that PM domains enriched in underlying cER function as trafficking hubs for insertion and removal of PM proteins in HEK 293 cells. By simultane...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fox PD,Haberkorn CJ,Weigel AV,Higgins JL,Akin EJ,Kennedy MJ,Krapf D,Tamkun MM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells use actin-rich protrusions called invadopodia to degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) and invade tissues; related structures, termed podosomes, are sites of dynamic ECM interaction. We show here that supervillin (SV), a peripheral membrane protein that binds F-actin and myosin II, reorganizes the actin cytos...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Crowley JL,Smith TC,Fang Z,Takizawa N,Luna EJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TPX2 is a Ran-regulated spindle assembly factor that is required for kinetochore fiber formation and activation of the mitotic kinase Aurora A. TPX2 is enriched near spindle poles and is required near kinetochores, suggesting that it undergoes dynamic relocalization throughout mitosis. Using photoactivation, we measur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ma N,Tulu US,Ferenz NP,Fagerstrom C,Wilde A,Wadsworth P

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) are key molecular players in male fertility. However, the specific roles of different p110 PI3K catalytic subunits within the spermatogenic lineage have not been characterized so far. Herein, we report that male mice expressing a catalytically inactive p110beta develop testicular hypo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ciraolo E,Morello F,Hobbs RM,Wolf F,Marone R,Iezzi M,Lu X,Mengozzi G,Altruda F,Sorba G,Guan K,Pandolfi PP,Wymann MP,Hirsch E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wee1 inactivates the Cdc2-cyclin B complex during interphase by phosphorylating Cdc2 on Tyr-15. The activity of Wee1 is highly regulated during the cell cycle. In frog egg extracts, it has been established previously that Xenopus Wee1 (Xwee1) is present in a hypophosphorylated, active form during interphase and underg...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lee J,Kumagai A,Dunphy WG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polysomal ribonuclease 1 (PMR1) mRNA endonuclease forms a selective complex with its translating substrate mRNAs where it is activated to initiate mRNA decay. Previous work showed tyrosine phosphorylation is required for PMR1 targeting to this polysome-bound complex, and it identified c-Src as the responsible kina...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Peng Y,Liu X,Schoenberg DR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, centromeres remain clustered at the spindle-pole body (SPB) during mitotic interphase. In contrast, during meiotic prophase centromeres dissociate from the SPB. Here we examined the behavior of centromere proteins in living meiotic cells of S. pombe. We show that the Nuf...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Asakawa H,Hayashi A,Haraguchi T,Hiraoka Y

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells are classically defined by their multipotent, long-term proliferation, and self-renewal capabilities. Here, we show that increased antioxidant capacity represents an additional functional characteristic of muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs). Seeking to understand the superior regenerative capacity of MDSCs c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Urish KL,Vella JB,Okada M,Deasy BM,Tobita K,Keller BB,Cao B,Piganelli JD,Huard J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a novel family of proteins called the GGAs (Golgi-localized, gamma-ear-containing, ADP-ribosylation factor-binding proteins). These proteins consist of an NH(2)-terminal VHS domain, followed by a GAT domain, a variable domain, and a gamma-adaptin ear homology domain. Studies from our own ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hirst J,Lindsay MR,Robinson MS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing polyspermy during animal fertilization relies on modifications to the egg's extracellular matrix. On fertilization in sea urchins, the contents of cortical granules are secreted and rapidly assemble into the egg's extracellular vitelline layer, forming the fertilization envelope, a proteinaceous structure t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wong JL,Wessel GM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The split-ubiquitin technique was used to detect transient protein interactions in living cells. Nub, the N-terminal half of ubiquitin (Ub), was fused to Sec62p, a component of the protein translocation machinery in the endoplasmic reticulum of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cub, the C-terminal half of Ub, was fused to the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dünnwald M,Varshavsky A,Johnsson N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How nuclear size is regulated is a fundamental cell-biological question with relevance to cancers, which often exhibit enlarged nuclei. We previously reported that conventional protein kinase C (cPKC) contributes to nuclear size reductions that occur during early Xenopus development. Here we report that PKC-mediated p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Edens LJ,Dilsaver MR,Levy DL

更新日期：2017-05-15 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：: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：:Growth of most eukaryotic cells requires directed transport along microtubules (MTs) that are nucleated at nuclear-associated microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), such as the centrosome and the fungal spindle pole body (SPB). Herein, we show that the pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis uses different MT nucleation si...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Straube A,Brill M,Oakley BR,Horio T,Steinberg G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After invasion of epithelial cells, Salmonella enterica Typhimurium resides within membrane-bound vacuoles where it survives and replicates. Like endocytic vesicles, the Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs) undergo a maturation process that involves sequential acquisition of Rab5 and Rab7 and displacement toward the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Harrison RE,Brumell JH,Khandani A,Bucci C,Scott CC,Jiang X,Finlay BB,Grinstein S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a conserved eukaryotic pathway critical for cellular adaptation to changes in nutrition levels and stress. The class III phosphatidylinositol (PI)3-kinase complexes I and II (PI3KC3-C1 and -C2) are essential for autophagosome initiation and maturation, respectively, from highly curved vesicles. We used a ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brier LW,Ge L,Stjepanovic G,Thelen AM,Hurley JH,Schekman R

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrillins constitute the major backbone of multifunctional microfibrils in elastic and nonelastic extracellular matrices. Proper assembly mechanisms are central to the formation and function of these microfibrils, and their properties are often compromised in pathological circumstances such as in Marfan syndrome and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sabatier L,Chen D,Fagotto-Kaufmann C,Hubmacher D,McKee MD,Annis DS,Mosher DF,Reinhardt DP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TOR kinases are conserved negative regulators of autophagy in response to nutrient conditions, but the signaling mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we describe a complex containing the protein kinase Atg1 and the phosphoprotein Atg13 that functions as a critical component of this regulation in Drosophila. We s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chang YY,Neufeld TP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00