The cardiolipin transacylase, tafazzin, associates with two distinct respiratory components providing insight into Barth syndrome.

abstract：:ARL4D is a developmentally regulated member of the ADP-ribosylation factor/ARF-like protein (ARF/ARL) family of Ras-related GTPases. Although the primary structure of ARL4D is very similar to that of other ARF/ARL molecules, its function remains unclear. Cytohesin-2/ARF nucleotide-binding-site opener (ARNO) is a guani...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li CC,Chiang TC,Wu TS,Pacheco-Rodriguez G,Moss J,Lee FJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rods and rings (RRs) are large linear- or circular-shaped structures typically described as polymers of IMPDH (inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase). They have been observed across a wide variety of cell types and species and can be induced to form by inhibitors of IMPDH. RRs are thought to play a role in the regulatio...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schiavon CR,Griffin ME,Pirozzi M,Parashuraman R,Zhou W,Jinnah HA,Reines D,Kahn RA

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increase in JNK, c-Jun, and Cdk5 activities are reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibition of c-Jun prevents neuronal cell death in in vivo AD models, highlighting it as a major JNK effector. Both JNK and Cdk5 promote neurodegeneration upon deregulation; however, Cdk5 has not been mechanistically lin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sun KH,Lee HG,Smith MA,Shah K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn), a phospholipid essential for aerobic growth of yeast cells, is synthesized by phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 1 (Psd1p) in the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM). To identify components that become essential when the level of mitochondrial PtdEtn is dec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Birner R,Nebauer R,Schneiter R,Daum G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) accessory protein Nef directs virus escape from immune surveillance by subverting host cell intracellular signaling and membrane traffic to down-regulate cell-surface major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I). The interaction of Nef with the sorting proteins PACS-...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dikeakos JD,Thomas L,Kwon G,Elferich J,Shinde U,Thomas G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage polarization contributes to a number of human pathologies. This is exemplified for tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), which display a polarized M2 phenotype, closely associated with promotion of angiogenesis and suppression of innate immune responses. We present evidence that induction of apoptosis in tum...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Weigert A,Tzieply N,von Knethen A,Johann AM,Schmidt H,Geisslinger G,Brüne B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein gp130, found on the plasma membrane of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae, was postulated previously to play a role in phagocytosis. The gene for gp130 was cloned and when translated, yielded a 768 amino acid preproprotein of 85.3 kDa. It had nearly 40% similarity to the 138 kDa family of glycoproteins impl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chia CP,Gomathinayagam S,Schmaltz RJ,Smoyer LK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer dynein arms (ODAs) are multiprotein complexes that drive flagellar beating. Based on genetic and biochemical analyses, ODAs preassemble in the cell body and then move into the flagellum by intraflagellar transport (IFT). To study ODA transport in vivo, we expressed the essential intermediate chain 2 tagged with ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dai J,Barbieri F,Mitchell DR,Lechtreck KF

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor receptor (Ste3p) requires its C-terminal cytoplasmic tail for endocytosis. Wild-type receptor is delivered to the cell surface via the secretory pathway but remains there only briefly before being internalized and delivered to the vacuole for degradation. Receptors lacking all or ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Givan SA,Sprague GF Jr

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast SIR2 gene and many of its homologs have been identified as NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylases. To get a broader view of the relationship between the histone deacetylase activity of Sir2p and its in vivo functions we have mutated eight highly conserved residues in the core domain of SIR2. These mutations h...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Armstrong CM,Kaeberlein M,Imai SI,Guarente L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding morphogenesis is the ultimate multidisciplinary (ad)venture. Three-dimensional tissues are generated from the actions of genes, biochemical pathways, and cells that form multicellular networks and interact with their biomechanical environment. A comprehensive explanation of morphogenetic processes must e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zallen JA,Yap AS

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle-dependent morphogenesis of unicellular organisms depends on the spatiotemporal control of cell polarity. Rho GTPases are the major players that guide cells through structural reorganizations such as cytokinesis (Rho1 dependent) and polarity establishment (Cdc42 dependent). In budding yeast, the protein Gps1...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Meitinger F,Pereira G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damaged DNA-binding protein 2 (DDB2), a nuclear protein, participates in both nucleotide excision repair and mRNA transcription. The transcriptional regulatory function of DDB2 is significant in colon cancer, as it regulates metastasis. To characterize the mechanism by which DDB2 participates in transcription, we inve...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Fantini D,Huang S,Asara JM,Bagchi S,Raychaudhuri P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SNAP-23 is a plasma membrane-localized soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNARE) involved in Fc receptor (FcR)-mediated phagocytosis. However, the regulatory mechanism underlying its function remains elusive. Using phosphorylation-specific antibodies, SNAP-23 was found to be phosph...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sakurai C,Itakura M,Kinoshita D,Arai S,Hashimoto H,Wada I,Hatsuzawa K

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Export of mRNA from the nucleus is linked to proper processing and packaging into ribonucleoprotein complexes. Although several observations indicate a coupling between mRNA 3' end formation and export, it is not known how these two processes are mechanistically connected. Here, we show that a subunit of the mammalian...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ruepp MD,Aringhieri C,Vivarelli S,Cardinale S,Paro S,Schümperli D,Barabino SM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What started as a game of discovery for a child with a chemistry set has resulted in a lifetime of fulfillment and dedication to science. It is deeply rewarding to continuously let my curiosity ask questions for which there are no known answers. Equally rewarding has been the opportunity to mentor young students and p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Garcia JV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF-1 and HIF-2) are essential mediators for the adaptive transcriptional response of cells and tissues to low-oxygen conditions. Under hypoxia or when cells are treated with various nonhypoxic stimuli, the active HIF-α subunits are mainly regulated through increased protein stabilization. F...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lafleur VN,Richard S,Richard DE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pore-domain potassium (K2P) channels mediate potassium background currents that stabilize the resting membrane potential and facilitate action potential repolarization. In the human heart, hK2P17.1 channels are predominantly expressed in the atria and Purkinje cells. Reduced atrial hK2P17.1 protein levels were des...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wiedmann F,Schlund D,Voigt N,Ratte A,Kraft M,Katus HA,Schmidt C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a genetic screen for mutations in myospheroid, the gene encoding the Drosophila betaPS integrin subunit, and identified point mutants in all of the structural domains of the protein. Surprisingly, we find that mutations in very strongly conserved residues will often allow sufficient integrin function to s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jannuzi AL,Bunch TA,West RF,Brower DL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cation-dependent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CD-MPR) mediates the transport of lysosomal enzymes from the trans-Golgi network to endosomes. Evasion of lysosomal degradation of the CD-MPR requires reversible palmitoylation of a cysteine residue in its cytoplasmic tail. Because palmitoylation is reversible and ess...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stöckli J,Rohrer J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myo4p, a single-headed and nonprocessive class V myosin in budding yeast, transports >20 different mRNAs asymmetrically to the bud. Here, we determine the features of the Myo4p motor that are necessary for correct localization of ASH1 mRNA to the daughter cell, a process that also requires the adapter protein She3p an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bookwalter CS,Lord M,Trybus KM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of muscle-specific expression is one of the principal mechanisms by which diversity is generated among muscle types. In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms that control fiber diversity in any given muscle, we have focused our attention on the transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila Tropo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mas JA,García-Zaragoza E,Cervera M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gja1(Jrt)/+ mice carry a mutation in one allele of the gap junction protein α1 gene (Gja1), resulting in a G60S connexin 43 (Cx43) mutant protein that is dominant negative for Cx43 protein production of <50% of wild-type (WT) levels and significantly reduced gap junction formation and function in osteoblasts and other...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zappitelli T,Chen F,Aubin JE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-anchored atlastin GTPase couples nucleotide hydrolysis to the catalysis of homotypic membrane fusion to form a branched endoplasmic reticulum network. Trans dimerization between atlastins anchored in opposing membranes, accompanied by a cross-over conformational change, is thought to draw the membranes to...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Saini SG,Liu C,Zhang P,Lee TH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise chromosome transmission in cell division cycle is maintained by a number of genes. The attempt made in the present study was to isolate temperature-sensitive (ts) fission yeast mutants that display high loss rates of minichromosomes at permissive or semipermissive temperature (designated mis). By colony color ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Takahashi K,Yamada H,Yanagida M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yarrowia lipolytica Pex23p and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pex30p, Pex31p, and Pex32p comprise a family of dysferlin domain-containing peroxins. We show that the deletion of their Pichia pastoris homologues, PEX30 and PEX31, does not affect the function or division of methanol-induced peroxisomes but results in fewer and...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yan M,Rachubinski DA,Joshi S,Rachubinski RA,Subramani S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the NADPH oxidase of phagocytic cells requires the action of Rac2 or Rac1, members of the Ras superfamily of GTP-binding proteins. Rac proteins are active when in the GTP-bound form and can be regulated by a variety of proteins that modulate the exchange of GDP for GTP and/or GTP hydrolysis. The p190 Rac...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heyworth PG,Knaus UG,Settleman J,Curnutte JT,Bokoch GM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis results from mutations in the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator protein (CFTR), a cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) and ATP-regulated Cl(-) channel. CFTR is increasingly recognized as a component of multiprotein complexes and although several inhibitory proteins to CFTR have been identified, protein comp...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Borthwick LA,McGaw J,Conner G,Taylor CJ,Gerke V,Mehta A,Robson L,Muimo R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The centromere is located at the primary constriction of condensed chromosomes where it acts as a platform regulating chromosome segregation. The histone H3 variant CENP-A is the foundation for kinetochore formation. CENP-A directs the formation of a highly dynamic molecular neighborhood whose temporal characterizatio...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Remnant L,Booth DG,Vargiu G,Spanos C,Kerr ARW,Earnshaw WC

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon fixation in cyanobacteria makes a major contribution to the global carbon cycle. The cyanobacterial carboxysome is a proteinaceous microcompartment that protects and concentrates the carbon-fixing enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) in a paracrystalline lattice, making it possible f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Niederhuber MJ,Lambert TJ,Yapp C,Silver PA,Polka JK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00