Myosin VI and its binding partner optineurin are involved in secretory vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane.

abstract：:The architecture of the cytoskeleton and its remodeling are tightly regulated by dynamic reorganization of keratin-rich intermediate filaments. Plakin family proteins associate with the network of intermediate filaments (IFs) and affect its reorganization during migration, differentiation, and response to stress. The ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gujrati M,Mittal R,Ekal L,Mishra RK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper functioning of the protein-folding quality control network depends on the network's ability to discern diverse structural perturbations to the native states of its protein substrates. Despite the centrality of the detection of misfolded states to cell home-ostasis, very little is known about the exact sequence ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Furth N,Gertman O,Shiber A,Alfassy OS,Cohen I,Rosenberg MM,Doron NK,Friedler A,Ravid T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)/cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I (cGKI) pathway regulates many cellular functions. The current study shows that 8-Br-cGMP stimulates the number of attached primary but not that of subcultured murine vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). These effects of 8-Br-cGMP require t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Weinmeister P,Lukowski R,Linder S,Traidl-Hoffmann C,Hengst L,Hofmann F,Feil R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RIO proteins form a conserved family of atypical protein kinases. Humans possess three distinct RIO kinases-hRio1, hRio2, and hRio3, of which only hRio2 has been characterized with respect to its role in ribosomal biogenesis. Here we show that both hRio1 and hRio3, like hRio2, are associated with precursors of 40S rib...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Widmann B,Wandrey F,Badertscher L,Wyler E,Pfannstiel J,Zemp I,Kutay U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Lipid raft" is the name given to the tiny, dynamic, and ordered domains of cholesterol and sphingolipids that are hypothesized to exist in the plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. According to the lipid raft hypothesis, these cholesterol- and sphingolipid-enriched domains modulate the protein-protein interactions th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kraft ML

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EB1 proteins are ubiquitous microtubule-associated proteins involved in microtubule search and capture, regulation of microtubule dynamics, cell polarity, and chromosome stability. We have cloned a complete cDNA of Dictyostelium EB1 (DdEB1), the largest known EB1 homolog (57 kDa). Immunofluorescence analysis and expre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rehberg M,Gräf R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical modeling has been instrumental in identifying common principles of cell polarity across diverse systems. These principles include positive feedback loops that are required to destabilize a spatially uniform state of the cell. The conserved small G-protein Cdc42 is a master regulator of eukaryotic cellular...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Goryachev AB,Leda M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ORP1L is a member of the human oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family. ORP1L localizes to late endosomes (LEs)/lysosomes, colocalizing with the GTPases Rab7 and Rab9 and lysosome-associated membrane protein-1. We demonstrate that ORP1L interacts physically with Rab7, preferentially with its GTP-bound form, and provid...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Johansson M,Lehto M,Tanhuanpää K,Cover TL,Olkkonen VM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc6 performs an essential role in the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication by recruiting the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex onto DNA. Using immunodepletion/add-back experiments in Xenopus egg extracts, we have determined that both Walker A (ATP binding) and Walker B (ATP hydrolysis) motifs of Xenopus Cd...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Frolova NS,Schek N,Tikhmyanova N,Coleman TR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation and polarization of epithelial cells depends on the formation of the apical junctional complex (AJC), which is composed of the tight junction (TJ) and the adherens junction (AJ). In this study, we investigated mechanisms of actin reorganization that drive the establishment of AJC. Using a calcium switc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ivanov AI,Hunt D,Utech M,Nusrat A,Parkos CA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specificity of vesicular transport is determined by pair-wise interaction between receptors (SNAP receptors or SNAREs) associated with a transport vesicle and its target membrane. Two additional factors, N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP) are ubiquitous components...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Swanton E,Sheehan J,Bishop N,High S,Woodman P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP8A2 is a P4-ATPase that flips phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine across cell membranes. This generates membrane phospholipid asymmetry, a property important in many cellular processes, including vesicle trafficking. ATP8A2 deficiency causes severe neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the role of...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chalat M,Moleschi K,Molday RS

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:We have shown previously that interleukin-4 (IL-4) protects TS1alphabeta cells from apoptosis, but very little is known about the mechanism by which IL-4 exerts this effect. We found that Akt activity, which is dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, is reduced in IL-4-deprived TS1alphabeta cells. Overexpression o...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cerezo A,Martínez-A C,Lanzarot D,Fischer S,Franke TF,Rebollo A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abundant evidence has shown that the GTPase dynamin is required for receptor-mediated endocytosis, but its exact role in endocytic clathrin-coated vesicle formation remains to be established. Whereas dynamin GTPase domain mutants that are defective in GTP binding and hydrolysis are potent dominant-negative inhibitors ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Damke H,Binns DD,Ueda H,Schmid SL,Baba T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose is a master regulator of cell behavior in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It acts as both a metabolic substrate and a potent regulator of intracellular signaling cascades. Glucose starvation induces the transient delocalization and then partial relocalization of clathrin adaptors at the trans-Golgi network...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aoh QL,Hung CW,Duncan MC

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions are associated with various mitochondrial disorders. The deletions identified in humans are flanked by short, directly repeated mitochondrial DNA sequences; however, the mechanism of such DNA rearrangements has yet to be elucidated. In contrast to nuclear DNA (nDNA), mtDNA is more e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tadi SK,Sebastian R,Dahal S,Babu RK,Choudhary B,Raghavan SC

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanosine trisphosphatase Rap1 serves as a critical player in signal transduction, somatic cell proliferation and differentiation, and cell-cell adhesion by acting through distinct mechanisms. During mouse spermiogenesis, Rap1 is activated and forms a signaling complex with its effector, the serine-threonine kinas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aivatiadou E,Mattei E,Ceriani M,Tilia L,Berruti G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric protein (ERaeq) comprised of the invariant chain (Ii) of class II major histocompatability complex (MHC-II) and aequorin was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of transfected human embryonal kidney 293 cells. The targeted aequorin resided in the lumen of the ER membrane system, including the nuclea...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Button D,Eidsath A

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：: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：:The PDZ domain-containing protein CAL mediates lysosomal trafficking and degradation of CFTR. Here we demonstrate the involvement of a CAL-binding SNARE protein syntaxin 6 (STX6) in this process. Overexpression of STX6, which colocalizes and coimmunoprecipitates with CAL, dramatically reduces the steady-state level an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cheng J,Cebotaru V,Cebotaru L,Guggino WB

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:The tight junction adaptor protein ZO-1 regulates intracellular signaling and cell proliferation. Its Src homology 3 (SH3) domain is required for the regulation of proliferation and binds to the Y-box transcription factor ZO-1-associated nucleic acid binding protein (ZONAB). Binding of ZO-1 to ZONAB results in cytopla...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tsapara A,Matter K,Balda MS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPI-linked hemagglutinin (GPI-HA) of influenza virus was thought to induce hemifusion without pore formation. Cells expressing either HA or GPI-HA were bound to red blood cells, and their fusion was compared by patch-clamp capacitance measurements and fluorescence microscopy. It is now shown that under more optimal fu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Markosyan RM,Cohen FS,Melikyan GB

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatiotemporal dynamics of triglyceride (TG) storage in unilocular adipocytes are not well understood. Here we applied ex vivo technology to study trafficking and metabolism of fluorescent fatty acids in adipose tissue explants. Live imaging revealed multiple cytoplasmic nodules surrounding the large central lipid...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chu M,Sampath H,Cahana DY,Kahl CA,Somwar R,Cornea A,Roberts CT Jr,Varlamov O

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this essay I describe my personal journey from reductionist to systems cell biology and describe how this in turn led to a 3-year sea voyage to explore complex ocean communities. In describing this journey, I hope to convey some important principles that I gleaned along the way. I realized that cellular functions e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Karsenti E

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin and nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) undergo dramatic changes during mitosis, which in vertebrates and Aspergillus nidulans involves movement of Nup2 from NPCs to the chromatin region to fulfill unknown functions. This transition is shown to require the Cdk1 mitotic kinase and be promoted prematurely by ectopic...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Markossian S,Suresh S,Osmani AH,Osmani SA

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein encoded by the fission yeast rad18 gene is involved in several DNA repair processes and has an essential function in DNA replication and mitotic control. It has a heterodimeric partner SMC protein, Spr18, with which it forms the core of a multiprotein complex. We...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Taylor EM,Moghraby JS,Lees JH,Smit B,Moens PB,Lehmann AR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00