Involvement of RhoA, ROCK I and myosin II in inverted orientation of epithelial polarity.

abstract：:Labmates are colleagues, friends, comforters…and competitors. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Morriswood B,Hoeller O

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miro is a highly conserved calcium-binding GTPase at the regulatory nexus of mitochondrial transport and autophagy. Here we present crystal structures comprising the tandem EF hand and carboxy terminal GTPase (cGTPase) domains of Drosophila Miro. The structures reveal two previously unidentified 'hidden' EF hands, eac...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Klosowiak JL,Focia PJ,Chakravarthy S,Landahl EC,Freymann DM,Rice SE

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:Sulphatases undergo a unique post-translational modification that converts a highly conserved cysteine located within their active site into formylglycine. This modification is necessary for the catalytic activities of the sulphatases, and it is generated by the protein product of sulphatase-modifying factor 1 (SUMF1)...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Zito E,Fraldi A,Pepe S,Annunziata I,Kobinger G,Di Natale P,Ballabio A,Cosma MP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When our time comes to die most people would probably opt for a quick, peaceful and painless exit. But the manner and timing are rarely under our direct control. Hence the Ars moriendi, literally, "The Art of Dying", two texts written in Latin around the 15th century that offered advice on how to die well according to...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Murphy JM,Silke J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small non-coding miRNA appear to be vital in brain development and function by organising complex patterns of gene expression. These molecules are important for the regulation of synaptically localised mRNAs that encode proteins involved in neurotransmission and behaviour. In this issue of EMBO Reports, Lackinger et a...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cairns MJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor Smad4, a key mediator of the TGF-β/BMP pathways, is essential for development and tissue homeostasis. Phosphorylation of Smad4 in its linker region catalyzed by the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) plays a pivotal role in regulating its transcriptional activity and stability. In contrast, r...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Park DS,Yoon GH,Kim EY,Lee T,Kim K,Lee PC,Chang EJ,Choi SC

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational protein arginylation is essential for cardiovascular development and angiogenesis in mice and is mediated by arginyl-transfer RNA-protein transferases Ate1-a functionally conserved but poorly understood class of enzymes. Here, we used sequence analysis to detect the evolutionary relationship between...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Rai R,Mushegian A,Makarova K,Kashina A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Polycomb group (PcG) of proteins conveys epigenetic inheritance of repressed transcriptional states. In Drosophila, the Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) maintains the silent state by inhibiting the transcription machinery and chromatin remodelling at core promoters. Using immunoprecipitation of in vivo formald...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Breiling A,O'Neill LP,D'Eliseo D,Turner BM,Orlando V

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) intracellular Ca(2+) release channel is engaged by thousands of plasma membrane receptors to generate Ca(2+) signals in all cells. Understanding how complex Ca(2+) signals are generated has been hindered by a lack of information on the kinetic responses o...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mak DO,Pearson JE,Loong KP,Datta S,Fernández-Mongil M,Foskett JK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila, a cascade of maternal, gap, pair-rule and segment polarity genes subdivides the antero/posterior axis of the embryo into repeating segmental stripes. This review summarizes what happens next, i.e. how an intrasegmental pattern is generated and controls the differentiation of specific cell types in the e...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Sanson B

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Adult tissue maintenance is often dependent on resident stem cells; however, the phenotypic and functional heterogeneity existing within this self-renewing population is poorly understood. Here, we define distinct subsets of undifferentiated spermatogonia (spermatogonial progenitor cells; SPCs) by differential respons...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hobbs RM,La HM,Mäkelä JA,Kobayashi T,Noda T,Pandolfi PP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin is a post-translational modifier with proteolytic and non-proteolytic roles in many biological processes. At mitochondria, it performs regulatory homeostatic functions and contributes to mitochondrial quality control. Ubiquitin is essential for mitochondrial fusion, regulates mitochondria-ER contacts, and pa...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Escobar-Henriques M,Langer T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ku is a conserved heterodimeric DNA-binding protein that plays critical roles in DNA repair and telomere homeostasis. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, deletion of YKU70 or YKU80 results in an inability to grow at 37 degrees C. This is suppressed by overexpression of several components of telomerase (EST1, EST2 and TLC1). ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Teo SH,Jackson SP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) on cellular physiology is well characterized. In contrast, the composition and mode of action of the permeability transition pore complex (PTPC), the supramolecular entity that initiates MPT, remain to be elucidated. Specifically, the precise contribution o...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Bonora M,Morganti C,Morciano G,Pedriali G,Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska M,Aquila G,Giorgi C,Rizzo P,Campo G,Ferrari R,Kroemer G,Wieckowski MR,Galluzzi L,Pinton P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen/paracetamol-induced liver failure--which is induced by the binding of reactive metabolites to mitochondrial proteins and their disruption--is exacerbated by fasting. As fasting promotes SIRT3-mediated mitochondrial-protein deacetylation and acetaminophen metabolites bind to lysine residues, we investigat...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Lu Z,Bourdi M,Li JH,Aponte AM,Chen Y,Lombard DB,Gucek M,Pohl LR,Sack MN

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：: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：:We employed electron cryo-tomography to visualize cytosolic ribosomes on the surface of mitochondria. Translation-arrested ribosomes reveal the clustered organization of the TOM complex, corroborating earlier reports of localized translation. Ribosomes are shown to interact specifically with the TOM complex, and nasce...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Gold VA,Chroscicki P,Bragoszewski P,Chacinska A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The afferent inner hair cell synapse harbors the synaptic ribbon, which ensures a constant vesicle supply. Synaptic vesicles (SVs) are arranged in morphologically discernable pools, linked via filaments to the ribbon or the presynaptic membrane. We propose that filaments play a major role in SV resupply and exocytosis...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Chakrabarti R,Michanski S,Wichmann C

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:HOIL-1L and its binding partner HOIP are essential components of the E3-ligase complex that generates linear ubiquitin (Ub) chains, which are critical regulators of NF-κB activation. Using crystallographic and mutational approaches, we characterize the unexpected structural basis for the specific interaction between t...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Yagi H,Ishimoto K,Hiromoto T,Fujita H,Mizushima T,Uekusa Y,Yagi-Utsumi M,Kurimoto E,Noda M,Uchiyama S,Tokunaga F,Iwai K,Kato K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic pathogen sensor RIG-I is activated by RNAs with exposed 5'-triphosphate (5'-ppp) and terminal double-stranded structures, such as those that are generated during viral infection. RIG-I has been shown to translocate on dsRNA in an ATP-dependent manner. However, the precise role of the ATPase activity in R...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Patel JR,Jain A,Chou YY,Baum A,Ha T,García-Sastre A

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Selenoprotein T (SelT) is a recently characterized thioredoxin-like protein whose expression is very high during development, but is confined to endocrine tissues in adulthood where its function is unknown. We report here that SelT is required for adaptation to the stressful conditions of high hormone level production...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hamieh A,Cartier D,Abid H,Calas A,Burel C,Bucharles C,Jehan C,Grumolato L,Landry M,Lerouge P,Anouar Y,Lihrmann I

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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