TOR and RAS pathways regulate desiccation tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:Golgi fragmentation is a common feature in multiple neurodegenerative diseases; however, the precise mechanism that causes fragmentation remains obscure. A potential link between Cdk5 and Golgi fragmentation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in this study. Because Golgi is physiologically fragmented during ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sun KH,de Pablo Y,Vincent F,Johnson EO,Chavers AK,Shah K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septins are conserved GTP-binding cytoskeletal proteins that polymerize into filaments by end-to-end joining of hetero-oligomeric complexes. In human cells, both hexamers and octamers exist, and crystallography studies predicted the order of the hexamers to be SEPT7-SEPT6-SEPT2-SEPT2-SEPT6-SEPT7, while octamers are th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Soroor F,Kim MS,Palander O,Balachandran Y,Collins RF,Benlekbir S,Rubinstein JL,Trimble WS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of Rap1 small GTPases stabilizes cell--cell junctions, and this activity requires Krev Interaction Trapped gene 1 (KRIT1). Loss of KRIT1 disrupts cardiovascular development and causes autosomal dominant familial cerebral cavernous malformations. Here we report that native KRIT1 protein binds the effector lo...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu JJ,Stockton RA,Gingras AR,Ablooglu AJ,Han J,Bobkov AA,Ginsberg MH

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble N-ethyl maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are core machinery for membrane fusion during intracellular vesicular transport. Synaptosome-associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP23) is a target SNARE previously identified at the plasma membrane, where it is involved in exocytotic ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Faigle W,Colucci-Guyon E,Louvard D,Amigorena S,Galli T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In epithelial cell lines, apical but not basolateral clathrin-mediated endocytosis has been shown to be affected by actin-disrupting drugs. Using electron and fluorescence microscopy, as well as biochemical assays, we show that the amount of actin dedicated to endocytosis is limiting at the apical surface of epithelia...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hyman T,Shmuel M,Altschuler Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extracellular proteases highly expressed at wound sites. However, the precise function of MMPs during reepithelialization in vivo has been elusive in mammalian models because of the high level of redundancy among the 24 mammalian MMPs. For this reason we used Drosophila melanogaste...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stevens LJ,Page-McCaw A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway plays a major role in development, and upon deregulation it is implicated in neoplasia. The hallmark of the canonical Wnt signal is the protection of beta-catenin from ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation induced by glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3beta inhibition. The stabilized beta-ca...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bachar-Dahan L,Goltzmann J,Yaniv A,Gazit A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lec35 gene product (Lec35p) is required for utilization of the mannose donor mannose-P-dolichol (MPD) in synthesis of both lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) and glycosylphosphatidylinositols, which are important for functions such as protein folding and membrane anchoring, respectively. The hamster Lec35 gene i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Anand M,Rush JS,Ray S,Doucey MA,Weik J,Ware FE,Hofsteenge J,Waechter CJ,Lehrman MA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that a physiological role of the extensively studied cisternal Golgi rab protein, rab6, is modulation of Golgi apparatus response to stress. Taking exposure of cells to hypotonic media as the best-known example of mammalian Golgi stress response, we found that hypotonic-induced tubule extension from the Golgi ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiang S,Storrie B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podosomes are dynamic actin-rich structures composed of a dense F-actin core surrounded by a cloud of more diffuse F-actin. Src performs one or more unique functions in osteoclasts (OCLs), and podosome belts and bone resorption are impaired in the absence of Src. Using Src(-/-) OCLs, we investigated the specific funct...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Destaing O,Sanjay A,Itzstein C,Horne WC,Toomre D,De Camilli P,Baron R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Condensins are highly conserved proteins that are important for chromosome maintenance in nearly all forms of life. Although many organisms employ two forms of the condensin complex, the condensin genes in Tetrahymena have expanded even further. Here we report a form of condensin that is specifically active during sex...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Howard-Till R,Tian M,Loidl J

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor initiation and growth is associated with significant changes in the surrounding tissue. During carcinoma progression, a global stiffening of the extracellular matrix is observed and is interpreted as a signature of aggressive invasive tumors. However, it is still unknown whether this increase in matrix rigidity ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Staneva R,Burla F,Koenderink GH,Descroix S,Vignjevic DM,Attieh Y,Verhulsel M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful model to study the molecular basis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is caused by mutations in the polycystic kidney disease (PKD)1 or PKD2 gene, encoding polycystin (PC)-1 or PC-2, respectively. The C. elegans polycystins LOV-1 and PKD-2 are required f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hu J,Barr MM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell nucleus must continually resist and respond to intercellular and intracellular mechanical forces to transduce mechanical signals and maintain proper genome organization and expression. Altered nuclear mechanics is associated with many human diseases, including heart disease, progeria, and cancer. Chromatin an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stephens AD,Banigan EJ,Adam SA,Goldman RD,Marko JF

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely acknowledged that cultured myoblasts can not differentiate at very low density. Here we analyzed the mechanism through which cell density influences myogenic differentiation in vitro. By comparing the behavior of C2C12 myoblasts at opposite cell densities, we found that, when cells are sparse, failure to ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Messina G,Blasi C,La Rocca SA,Pompili M,Calconi A,Grossi M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear pore complexes consist of several subcomplexes. The NUP107 complex is important for nucleocytoplasmic transport, nuclear envelope assembly, and kinetochore function. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms and the roles of individual complex members remain elusive. We report the first description of a gen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ródenas E,González-Aguilera C,Ayuso C,Askjaer P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells occurs in a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanism responsible for initiating this process is unknown. Here, we used live cell imaging to show that actin-based protrusions at the leading edge initiate macrophage fusion. Pha...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Faust JJ,Balabiyev A,Heddleston JM,Podolnikova NP,Baluch DP,Chew TL,Ugarova TP

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sec1p/Munc18 (SM) proteins are essential for membrane fusion events in eukaryotic cells. Here we describe a systematic, structure-based mutational analysis of the yeast SM protein Sly1p, which was previously shown to function in anterograde endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi and intra-Golgi protein transport. Five ne...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li Y,Gallwitz D,Peng R

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitotic spindle is a microtubule (MT)-based molecular machine that serves for equal segregation of chromosomes during cell division. The formation of the mitotic spindle requires the activity of MT motors, including members of the kinesin-14 family. Although evidence suggests that kinesins-14 act by driving the sl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oladipo A,Cowan A,Rodionov V

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Previous research has found that a gamma-tubulin mutation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is synthetically lethal with a deletion of the C-terminal motor domain kinesin-like protein gene pkl1, but the lethality of the double mutant prevents a phenotypic analysis of the synthetic interaction. We have investigated interact...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Prigozhina NL,Walker RA,Oakley CE,Oakley BR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the distribution of the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) has been well studied, its intracellular itinerary and trafficking kinetics remain uncertain. In this report, we describe the endocytic trafficking and steady-state localization of a chimeric form of the CI-MPR containing the ect...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lin SX,Mallet WG,Huang AY,Maxfield FR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo contains abundant transcripts for two alpha- and two beta-tubulins, raising the question of whether each isoform performs specialized functions or simply contributes to total tubulin levels. Our identification of two recessive, complementing alleles of a beta-tubulin that disrup...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wright AJ,Hunter CP

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative pre-mRNA splicing patterns can change an extracellular stimulus, but the signaling pathways leading to these changes are still poorly characterized. Here, we describe a tyrosine-phosphorylated nuclear protein, YT521-B, and show that it interacts with the nuclear transcriptosomal component scaffold attachme...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hartmann AM,Nayler O,Schwaiger FW,Obermeier A,Stamm S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The daily phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segments by pigment epithelial cells is critical for the maintenance of the retina. In a subtractive polymerase chain reaction analysis, we found that functional differentiation of human ARPE19 retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is accompanied by up-regulation of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Law AL,Ling Q,Hajjar KA,Futter CE,Greenwood J,Adamson P,Wavre-Shapton ST,Moss SE,Hayes MJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mouse embryoid bodies, mutation of the tight junction protein cingulin results in changes in gene expression. Here, we studied the function of cingulin using a gene silencing approach in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Cingulin-depleted cells show higher protein and mRNA levels of claudin-2 and ZO-3, increa...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Guillemot L,Citi S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-rRNA synthesis and processing are key steps in ribosome biogenesis. Although recent evidence in yeast suggests that these two processes are coupled, the nature of their association is unclear. In this report, we analyze the coordination between rDNA transcription and pre-rRNA processing in mammalian cells. We foun...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kopp K,Gasiorowski JZ,Chen D,Gilmore R,Norton JT,Wang C,Leary DJ,Chan EK,Dean DA,Huang S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway for osmoregulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves interaction of the adaptor Ste50p with the cytoplasmic tail of single-transmembrane protein Opy2p. We have determined the solution structure of the Ste50p-RA (Ras association) domain, and it shows...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ekiel I,Sulea T,Jansen G,Kowalik M,Minailiuc O,Cheng J,Harcus D,Cygler M,Whiteway M,Wu C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The huntingtin exon 1 proteins with a polyglutamine repeat in the pathological range (51 or 83 glutamines), but not with a polyglutamine tract in the normal range (20 glutamines), form aggresome-like perinuclear inclusions in human 293 Tet-Off cells. These structures contain aggregated, ubiquitinated huntingtin exon 1...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Waelter S,Boeddrich A,Lurz R,Scherzinger E,Lueder G,Lehrach H,Wanker EE

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-triggered exocytosis of synaptic vesicles is controlled by the Ca2+-binding protein synaptotagmin (syt) I. Fifteen additional isoforms of syt have been identified. Here, we compared the abilities of three syt isoforms (I, VII, and IX) to regulate soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein recept...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bhalla A,Tucker WC,Chapman ER

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00