Crucial structural role for the PH and C1 domains of the Vav1 exchange factor.

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：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs)-an enzyme family that deacetylates histones and non-histone proteins-are implicated in human diseases such as cancer, and the first-generation of HDAC inhibitors are now in clinical trials. Here, we report the 2.0 A resolution crystal structure of a catalytically inactive HDAC8 active-site...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Vannini A,Volpari C,Gallinari P,Jones P,Mattu M,Carfí A,De Francesco R,Steinkühler C,Di Marco S

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Import of peroxisomal matrix proteins is essential for peroxisome biogenesis. Genetic and biochemical studies using a variety of different model systems have led to the discovery of 23 PEX genes required for this process. Although it is generally believed that, in contrast to mitochondria and chloroplasts, translocati...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Einwächter H,Sowinski S,Kunau WH,Schliebs W

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:The final irreversible step in the duplication and distribution of genomes to daughter cells takes place at the metaphase to anaphase transition. At this point aligned sister chromatid pairs split and separate. During metaphase, cohesion between sister chromatids is maintained by the chromosomal multi-subunit cohesin ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Uhlmann F

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Signal peptide peptidase (SPP) and the four homologous SPP-like (SPPL) proteases constitute a family of intramembrane aspartyl proteases with selectivity for type II-oriented transmembrane segments. Here, we analyse the physiological function of the orphan protease SPPL2c, previously considered to represent a non-expr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Niemeyer J,Mentrup T,Heidasch R,Müller SA,Biswas U,Meyer R,Papadopoulou AA,Dederer V,Haug-Kröper M,Adamski V,Lüllmann-Rauch R,Bergmann M,Mayerhofer A,Saftig P,Wennemuth G,Jessberger R,Fluhrer R,Lichtenthaler SF,Lember

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the extreme feats of endurance that humans and some animals achieve has uncovered a range of metabolic and physiological adaptations along with their evolutionary origins. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hunter P

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) signalling ensures that vertebrate mesoderm segmentation is bilaterally synchronized, and corrects transient interferences from asymmetric left-right (L-R) signals involved in organ lateralization. Snail genes participate in both these processes and, although they are expressed symmetrically in the ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Morales AV,Acloque H,Ocaña OH,de Frutos CA,Gold V,Nieto MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human XAB1/MBDin GTPase and its close homologues form one of the ten phylogenetically distinct families of the SIMIBI (after signal recognition particle, MinD and BioD) class of phosphate-binding loop NTPases. The genomic context and the partners identified for the archaeal and eukaryotic homologues indicate that ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Gras S,Chaumont V,Fernandez B,Carpentier P,Charrier-Savournin F,Schmitt S,Pineau C,Flament D,Hecker A,Forterre P,Armengaud J,Housset D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus provides a specialized microenvironment in which distinct subsets of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) support T-cell development. Here, we describe the significance of cortical TECs (cTECs) in T-cell development, using a newly established mouse model of cTEC deficiency. The deficiency of mature cTECs caused a...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Nitta T,Muro R,Shimizu Y,Nitta S,Oda H,Ohte Y,Goto M,Yanobu-Takanashi R,Narita T,Takayanagi H,Yasuda H,Okamura T,Murata S,Suzuki H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sister chromatid cohesion is the basis for the recognition of chromosomal DNA replication products for their bipolar segregation in mitosis. Fundamental to sister chromatid cohesion is the ring-shaped cohesin complex, which is loaded onto chromosomes long before the initiation of DNA replication and is thought to hold...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Uhlmann F

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how cell fate decisions are regulated is a fundamental goal of developmental and stem cell biology. Most studies on the control of cell fate decisions address the contributions of changes in transcriptional programming, epigenetic modifications, and biochemical differentiation cues. However, recent studi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tatapudy S,Aloisio F,Barber D,Nystul T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although iron is required for cell proliferation, iron-dependent programmed cell death serves as a critical barrier to tumor growth and metastasis. Emerging evidence suggests that iron-mediated lipid oxidation also facilitates immune eradication of cancer. However, the regulatory mechanisms of iron metabolism in cance...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Song J,Liu T,Yin Y,Zhao W,Lin Z,Yin Y,Lu D,You F

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositides have crucial roles in cellular controls, many of which have been established through the use of small-molecule inhibitors. Here, we describe YM201636, a potent inhibitor of the mammalian class III phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase PIKfyve, which synthesizes phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Jefferies HB,Cooke FT,Jat P,Boucheron C,Koizumi T,Hayakawa M,Kaizawa H,Ohishi T,Workman P,Waterfield MD,Parker PJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic recording and management of experimental data in academic life science research remains an open problem. EPFL engaged in a program of ELN/LIMS deployment 6 years ago, encountering a host of fundamental questions at the institutional level and in each single laboratory. Here, based on our experience we a...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Argento N

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Senescence is a stable proliferative arrest induced by various stresses such as telomere erosion, oncogenic or oxidative stress. Compelling evidence suggests that it acts as a barrier against tumour development. Describing new mechanisms that favour an escape from senescence can thus reveal new insights into tumorigen...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Augert A,Payré C,de Launoit Y,Gil J,Lambeau G,Bernard D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histone H3 N-terminal protein domain (N-tail) is regulated by multiple posttranslational modifications, including methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, and by proteolytic cleavage. However, the mechanism underlying H3 N-tail proteolytic cleavage is largely elusive. Here, we report that JMJD5, a Jumonji C (Jmj...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Shen J,Xiang X,Chen L,Wang H,Wu L,Sun Y,Ma L,Gu X,Liu H,Wang L,Yu YN,Shao J,Huang C,Chin YE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-3 is a crucial component of the apoptotic machinery in many cell types. Here, we report the timescale of caspase-3 activation in single living cells undergoing apoptosis. This was achieved by measuring the extent of fluorescence resonance energy transfer within a recombinant substrate containing cyan fluoresce...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Tyas L,Brophy VA,Pope A,Rivett AJ,Tavaré JM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental and oncogenic roles of MYC proteins are well established, but the transcriptional targets mediating their functions remain elusive. Using small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown in breast and cervix carcinoma cell lines, which overexpress c-MYC, we show that c-MYC independently controls metabolism a...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cappellen D,Schlange T,Bauer M,Maurer F,Hynes NE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Secretase-dependent regulated intramembrane proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP) releases the APP intracellular domain (AICD). The question of whether this domain, like the Notch intracellular domain, is involved in nuclear signalling is highly controversial. Although some reports suggest that AICD reg...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hébert SS,Serneels L,Tolia A,Craessaerts K,Derks C,Filippov MA,Müller U,De Strooper B

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modifications represent a novel layer of regulation of gene expression. Functional experiments revealed that N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) on messenger RNA (mRNA) plays critical roles in cell fate determination and development. m6 A mark also resides in the decoding center of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA); however, the bi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Xing M,Liu Q,Mao C,Zeng H,Zhang X,Zhao S,Chen L,Liu M,Shen B,Guo X,Ma H,Chen H,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly homologous Cl(-) channels CLC-Ka and CLC-Kb are important for water and salt conservation in the kidney and for the production of endolymph in the inner ear. Mutations in CLC-Kb lead to Bartter's syndrome and mutations in the small CLC-K subunit barttin lead to Bartter's syndrome and deafness. Here we show ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Picollo A,Liantonio A,Didonna MP,Elia L,Camerino DC,Pusch M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of beta-arrestin (beta-arr) to agonist-stimulated G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) has a crucial role in controlling signalling efficacy and selectivity. When translocated to the receptor, beta-arr is believed to undergo important conformational rearrangement necessary for its downstream actions. To pro...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Charest PG,Terrillon S,Bouvier M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myc is an oncoprotein transcription factor that promotes cell proliferation and apoptosis. Analysis of highly conserved elements within vertebrate Myc proteins has been instrumental in defining the functions of the Myc protein. Here, we probe the role of a highly conserved, but little studied, element within the centr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Herbst A,Hemann MT,Tworkowski KA,Salghetti SE,Lowe SW,Tansey WP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modifications have recently emerged as an important layer of gene regulation. N6-methyladenosine (m6 A) is the most prominent modification on eukaryotic messenger RNA and has also been found on noncoding RNA, including ribosomal and small nuclear RNA. Recently, several m6 A methyltransferases were identified, unco...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Leismann J,Spagnuolo M,Pradhan M,Wacheul L,Vu MA,Musheev M,Mier P,Andrade-Navarro MA,Graille M,Niehrs C,Lafontaine DL,Roignant JY

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) leads to the phosphorylation and inhibition of the elongation factor eEF2, reducing mRNA translation rates. Emerging evidence indicates that the regulation of factors involved in protein synthesis may be critical for controlling diverse biological processes includin...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： De Gassart A,Demaria O,Panes R,Zaffalon L,Ryazanov AG,Gilliet M,Martinon F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood cells play a crucial role in both morphogenetic and immunological processes in Drosophila, yet the factors regulating their proliferation remain largely unknown. In order to address this question, we raised antibodies against a tumorous blood cell line and identified an antigenic determinant that marks the surfa...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Munier AI,Doucet D,Perrodou E,Zachary D,Meister M,Hoffmann JA,Janeway CA Jr,Lagueux M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of DNA replication from the Escherichia coli chromosomal origin is highly regulated, assuring that replication occurs precisely once per cell cycle. Three mechanisms for regulation of replication initiation have been proposed: titration of free DnaA initiator protein by the datA locus, sequestration of newl...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Camara JE,Breier AM,Brendler T,Austin S,Cozzarelli NR,Crooke E

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00