The hydrophobic core of the Sec61 translocon defines the hydrophobicity threshold for membrane integration.

abstract：:Werner syndrome (WS) is a human progeroid syndrome characterized by the early onset of a large number of clinical features associated with the normal aging process. The complex molecular and cellular phenotypes of WS involve characteristic features of genomic instability and accelerated replicative senescence. The gen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Balajee AS,Machwe A,May A,Gray MD,Oshima J,Martin GM,Nehlin JO,Brosh R,Orren DK,Bohr VA

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:Tubulogenesis by epithelial cells regulates kidney, lung, and mammary development, whereas that by endothelial cells regulates vascular development. Although functionally dissimilar, the processes necessary for tubulation by epithelial and endothelial cells are very similar. We performed microarray analysis to further...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Albig AR,Schiemann WP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) exist in a metabolic state of low oxygen tension termed "physiologic hypoxia." An important factor in maintaining intestinal homeostasis is the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which is stabilized under hypoxic conditions and mediates IEC homeostatic responses to ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dowdell AS,Cartwright IM,Goldberg MS,Kostelecky R,Ross T,Welch N,Glover LE,Colgan SP

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoidin I expression was used as a marker to screen for mutants affected in the growth-differentiation transition (GDT) of Dictyostelium. By REMI mutagenesis we have isolated mutant 2-9, an overexpressor of discoidin I. It displays normal morphogenesis but shows premature entry into the developmental cycle. The disr...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zeng C,Anjard C,Riemann K,Konzok A,Nellen W

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repellents evoke growth cone turning by eliciting asymmetric, localized loss of actin cytoskeleton together with changes in substratum attachment. We have demonstrated that semaphorin-3A (Sema3A)-induced growth cone detachment and collapse require eicosanoid-mediated activation of protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gatlin JC,Estrada-Bernal A,Sanford SD,Pfenninger KH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During autophagy, double-membrane autophagosomes deliver sequestered cytoplasmic content to late endosomes and lysosomes for degradation. The molecular mechanism of autophagosome maturation is still poorly characterized. The small GTPase Rab11 regulates endosomal traffic and is thought to function at the level of recy...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Szatmári Z,Kis V,Lippai M,Hegedus K,Faragó T,Lorincz P,Tanaka T,Juhász G,Sass M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Severe heat stress causes protein denaturation in various cellular compartments. If Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown at 24 degrees C are preconditioned at 37 degrees C, proteins denatured by subsequent exposure to 48-50 degrees C can be renatured when the cells are allowed to recover at 24 degrees C. Conformationa...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hänninen AL,Simola M,Saris N,Makarow M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia serve as sensory devices in a diversity of organisms and their defects contribute to many human diseases. In primary cilia of kidney cells, the transient receptor potential polycystin (TRPP) channels polycystin-1 (PC-1) and polycystin-2 (PC-2) act as a mechanosensitive channel, with defects resulting in autosoma...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hu J,Bae YK,Knobel KM,Barr MM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohesion establishment and maintenance are carried out by proteins that modify the activity of Cohesin, an essential complex that holds sister chromatids together. Constituents of the replication fork, such as the DNA polymerase alpha-binding protein Ctf4, contribute to cohesion in ways that are poorly understood. To ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Warren CD,Eckley DM,Lee MS,Hanna JS,Hughes A,Peyser B,Jie C,Irizarry R,Spencer FA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian cells, the inheritance of the Golgi apparatus into the daughter cells during each cycle of cell division is mediated by a disassembly and reassembly process, and this process is precisely controlled by phosphorylation and ubiquitination. VCIP135 (valosin-containing protein p97/p47 complex-interacting prot...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhang X,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a transmembrane protein expressed on microglia within the brain. Several rare mutations in TREM2 cause an early-onset form of neurodegeneration when inherited homozygously. Here we investigate how these mutations affect the intracellular transport of TREM2. W...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sirkis DW,Aparicio RE,Schekman R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fission yeast rad22(+), a homologue of budding yeast RAD52, encodes a double-strand break repair component, which is dispensable for proliferation. We, however, have recently obtained a cell division cycle mutant with a temperature-sensitive allele of rad22(+), designated rad22-H6, which resulted from a point mutation...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Suto K,Nagata A,Murakami H,Okayama H

更新日期：1999-10-01 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

abstract：:Specific changes in membrane lipid composition are implicated in actin cytoskeletal organization, vesicle formation, and control of cell polarity. Cdc50p, a membrane protein in the endosomal/trans-Golgi network compartments, is a noncatalytic subunit of Drs2p, which is implicated in translocation of phospholipids acro...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kishimoto T,Yamamoto T,Tanaka K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific communication, career advancement, and funding decisions are all dependent on research publications. The way manuscripts are handled by high-visibility, professionally edited magazines differs from the way academic journals evaluate manuscripts, using active scientists as monitoring editors. In this essay, ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bretscher A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAR1, a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) for cAMP, is required for the multicellular development of Dictyostelium. The activation of multiple pathways by cAR1 is transient because of poorly defined adaptation mechanisms. To investigate this, we used a genetic screen for impaired development to isolate four dominant-n...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zhang M,Goswami M,Hereld D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression in eukaryotes is an essential process that includes transcription, RNA processing, and export. One important player in this interface is the poly(A)(+)-RNA-binding protein Nab2, which regulates the mRNA poly(A)(+)-tail length and export. Here we show that Nab2 has additional roles during mRNA transcrip...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： González-Aguilera C,Tous C,Babiano R,de la Cruz J,Luna R,Aguilera A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes TOR1 and TOR2 were originally identified by mutations that confer resistance to the immunosuppressant rapamycin. TOR2 was previously shown to encode an essential 282-kDa phosphatidylinositol kinase (PI kinase) homologue. The TOR1 gene product is also a large (281 kDa) PI kinase homol...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Helliwell SB,Wagner P,Kunz J,Deuter-Reinhard M,Henriquez R,Hall MN

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies suggest that the Barren protein may function as an activator of DNA topoisomerase II and/or as a component of the Xenopus condensin complex. To better understand the role of Barren in vivo, we generated conditional alleles of the structural gene for Barren (BRN1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lavoie BD,Tuffo KM,Oh S,Koshland D,Holm C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the closest living relatives of animals, choanoflagellates offer unique insights into animal origins and core mechanisms underlying animal cell biology. However, unlike traditional model organisms, such as yeast, flies, and worms, choanoflagellates have been refractory to DNA delivery methods for expressing foreign...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Booth DS,Szmidt-Middleton H,King N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For several decades, the trans-Golgi network (TGN) was considered the most distal stop and hence the ultimate protein-sorting station for distinct apical and basolateral transport carriers that reach their respective surface domains in the direct trafficking pathway. However, recent reports of apical and basolateral c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Treyer A,Pujato M,Pechuan X,Müsch A

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases share a common inhibitor, Rho guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI), which regulates their expression levels, membrane localization, and activation state. The selective dissociation of individual Rho GTPases from RhoGDI ensures appropriate responses to cellular signals, but the underlying mech...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ard R,Mulatz K,Abramovici H,Maillet JC,Fottinger A,Foley T,Byham MR,Iqbal TA,Yoneda A,Couchman JR,Parks RJ,Gee SH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid-derived polyamines are organic cations that are essential for growth in all mammalian cells, but their exact roles at the molecular level remain largely unknown. Here we provide evidence that polyamines promote the translation of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) by the action of CUG-binding protein 1 (C...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Xiao L,Cui YH,Rao JN,Zou T,Liu L,Smith A,Turner DJ,Gorospe M,Wang JY

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, a finite population of oocytes is generated during embryogenesis, and proper oocyte meiotic divisions are crucial for fertility. Sperm-associated antigen 1 (SPAG-1) has been implicated in infertility and tumorigenesis; however, its relevance in cell cycle programs remains rudimentary. Here we explore a nov...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang C,Wu D,Khan FA,Jiao X,Guan K,Huo L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR15 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that serves for an HIV coreceptor and was also recently found as a novel homing receptor for T-cells implicated in colitis. We show that GPR15 undergoes a constitutive endocytosis in the absence of ligand. The endocytosis was clathrin dependent and partially depende...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Okamoto Y,Shikano S

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokinesis requires the coordination of many cellular complexes, particularly those involved in the constriction and reconstruction of the plasma membrane in the cleavage furrow. We have investigated the regulation and function of vesicle transport and fusion during cytokinesis in budding yeast. By using time-lapse c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： VerPlank L,Li R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear FGFR1 acts as a developmental gene regulator in cooperation with FGF-2, RSK1, and CREB-binding protein (CBP). FRAP analysis revealed three nuclear FGFR1 populations: i) a fast mobile, ii) a slower mobile population reflecting chromatin-bound FGFR1, and iii) an immobile FGFR1 population associated with the nucl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dunham-Ems SM,Lee YW,Stachowiak EK,Pudavar H,Claus P,Prasad PN,Stachowiak MK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are cytoskeletal polymers composed of repeating subunits of tubulin that are ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells. They undergo a stochastic process of polymerization and depolymerization from their plus ends termed dynamic instability. MT dynamics is an ongoing process in all cell types and h...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dent EW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00