Septins regulate junctional integrity of endothelial monolayers.

abstract：:A major goal of synthetic biology is to define the minimal cellular machinery required to assemble a biological structure in its simplest form. Here, we focused on Saccharomyces cerevisiae actin cables, which provide polarized tracks for intracellular transport and maintain defined lengths while continuously undergoin...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pollard LW,Garabedian MV,Alioto SL,Shekhar S,Goode BL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During mating, Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells must degrade the intervening cell wall to allow fusion of the partners. Because improper timing or location of cell wall degradation would cause lysis, the initiation of cell fusion must be highly regulated. Here, we find that yeast cell fusion is negatively regulated by c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hall AE,Rose MD

更新日期：2019-02-15 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：:Select lipid-anchored proteins such as glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases may preferentially partition into sphingomyelin-rich and cholesterol-rich plasmalemmal microdomains, thereby acquiring resistance to detergent extraction. Two such domains, caveolae and lipid ra...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Oh P,Schnitzer JE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-like hPLIC proteins can associate with proteasomes, and hPLIC overexpression can specifically interfere with ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis (Kleijnen et al., 2000). Because the hPLIC proteins can also interact with certain E3 ubiquitin protein ligases, they may provide a link between the ubiquitination a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kleijnen MF,Alarcon RM,Howley PM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition between the closed and open conformations of the Sec61 complex permits nascent protein insertion into the translocation channel. A critical event in this structural transition is the opening of the lateral translocon gate that is formed by four transmembrane (TM) spans (TM2, TM3, TM7, and TM8 in Sec61p)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Trueman SF,Mandon EC,Gilmore R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila tumor suppressor protein lethal (2) giant larvae [l(2)gl] is involved in the establishment of epithelial cell polarity during development. Recently, a yeast homolog of the protein has been shown to interact with components of the post-Golgi exocytic machinery and to regulate a late step in protein secre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Müsch A,Cohen D,Yeaman C,Nelson WJ,Rodriguez-Boulan E,Brennwald PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Ran is essential for spindle assembly. Ran is proposed to act through its nuclear import receptors importin alpha and/or importin beta to control the sequestration of proteins necessary for spindle assembly. To date, the molecular mechanisms by which the Ran pathway functions remain unclear. Using pur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ems-McClung SC,Zheng Y,Walczak CE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients exhibit increased chromosome aneuploidy, particularly trisomy 21, in neurons and other cells. Significantly, trisomy 21/Down syndrome patients develop early onset AD pathology. We investigated the mechanism underlying mosaic chromosome aneuploidy in AD and r...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Granic A,Padmanabhan J,Norden M,Potter H

更新日期：2010-02-15 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：:Myc interacting zinc finger protein-1 (Miz1) is a transcription factor known to regulate cell cycle- and cell adhesion-related genes in cancer. Here we show that Miz1 also plays a critical role in neural crest development. In the chick, Miz1 is expressed throughout the neural plate and closing neural tube. Its morphol...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kerosuo L,Bronner ME

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A role of Arp2/3 complex in lamellipodia is well established, whereas its roles in filopodia formation remain obscure. We addressed this question in neuronal cells, in which motility is heavily based on filopodia, and we found that Arp2/3 complex is involved in generation of both lamellipodia and filopodia in growth c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Korobova F,Svitkina T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling via the Ras pathway involves sequential activation of Ras, Raf-1, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MKK), and the extracellular signal-regulated (ERK) group of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Expression from the c-Fos, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), and myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) promoter...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Thorburn J,Carlson M,Mansour SJ,Chien KR,Ahn NG,Thorburn A

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Alzheimer's β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) associates with kinesin-1 via JNK-interacting protein 1 (JIP1); however, the role of JIP1 in APP transport by kinesin-1 in neurons remains unclear. We performed a quantitative analysis to understand the role of JIP1 in APP axonal transport. In JIP1-deficient neurons, we fi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chiba K,Araseki M,Nozawa K,Furukori K,Araki Y,Matsushima T,Nakaya T,Hata S,Saito Y,Uchida S,Okada Y,Nairn AC,Davis RJ,Yamamoto T,Kinjo M,Taru H,Suzuki T

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The histone variant H2AX is rapidly phosphorylated at the sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). This phosphorylated H2AX (gamma-H2AX) is involved in the retention of repair and signaling factor complexes at sites of DNA damage. The dependency of this phosphorylation on the various PI3K-related protein kinases (in ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Friesner JD,Liu B,Culligan K,Britt AB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM3 synthase (SAT-I) is the primary glycosyltransferase responsible for the biosynthesis of ganglio-series gangliosides. In this study, we identify three isoforms of mouse SAT-I proteins, named M1-SAT-I, M2-SAT-I, and M3-SAT-I, which possess distinct lengths in their NH(2)-terminal cytoplasmic tails. These isoforms ar...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Uemura S,Yoshida S,Shishido F,Inokuchi J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, possesses two unique paralogues of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex TcMCU subunit that we named TcMCUc and TcMCUd. The predicted structure of the proteins indicates that, as predicted for the TcMCU and TcMCUb paralogues, they are ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chiurillo MA,Lander N,Bertolini MS,Vercesi AE,Docampo R

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin II-dependent contraction of the contractile ring drives equatorial furrowing during cytokinesis in animal cells. Nonetheless, myosin II-null cells of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium divide efficiently when adhering to substrates by making use of polar traction forces. Here, we show that in the presence of...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kanada M,Nagasaki A,Uyeda TQ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCAK belongs to the Kinesin-13 family, whose members depolymerize microtubules rather than translocate along them. We defined the minimal functional unit of MCAK as the catalytic domain plus the class specific neck (MD-MCAK), which is consistent with previous reports. We used steady-state ATPase kinetics, microtubule ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hertzer KM,Ems-McClung SC,Kline-Smith SL,Lipkin TG,Gilbert SP,Walczak CE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and characterized sorb-1, the only sorbin and SH3 domain-containing protein family member in Caenorhabditis elegans SORB-1 is strongly localized to integrin adhesion complexes in larvae and adults, including adhesion plaques and dense bodies (Z-disks) of striated muscles and attachment plaques of sm...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Loveless T,Qadota H,Benian GM,Hardin J

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:The β4 isoform of the β-subunits of voltage-gated calcium channel regulates cell proliferation and cell cycle progression. Herein we show that coexpression of the β4-subunit with actors of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a hepatoma cell line inhibits Wnt-responsive gene transcription and decreases cel...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rima M,Daghsni M,Lopez A,Fajloun Z,Lefrancois L,Dunach M,Mori Y,Merle P,Brusés JL,De Waard M,Ronjat M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival motor neuron (SMN) complex fulfils essential functions in the assembly of snRNPs, which are key components in the splicing of pre-mRNAs. Little is known about the regulation of SMN complex activity by posttranslational modification despite its complicated phosphorylation pattern. Several phosphatases had ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Husedzinovic A,Neumann B,Reymann J,Draeger-Meurer S,Chari A,Erfle H,Fischer U,Gruss OJ

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of Rho GTPase signaling is critical for cell shape determination and polarity. Here, we investigated the role of LRG1, a novel member of the GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) of Neurospora crassa. LRG1 is essential for apical tip extension and to restrict excessive branch formation in subapical regions of t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Vogt N,Seiler S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor protein p53 mediates stress-induced growth arrest or apoptosis and plays a major role in safeguarding genome integrity. In response to DNA damage, p53 can be modified at multiple sites by phosphorylation and acetylation. We report on the characterization of p53 C-terminal phosphorylation by CHK1 a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ou YH,Chung PH,Sun TP,Shieh SY

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is an essential constituent of membranes in mammalian cells. The plasma membrane and the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC) are both highly enriched in cholesterol. The abundance and distribution of cholesterol among organelles are tightly controlled by a combination of mechanisms involving vesicular an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Iaea DB,Mao S,Lund FW,Maxfield FR

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene, prom-1, was isolated in a screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased apoptosis in the germline. prom-1 encodes an F-box protein with limited homology to the putative human tumor suppressor FBXO47. Mutations in the prom-1 locus cause a strong reduction in bivalent formation, which results in...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jantsch V,Tang L,Pasierbek P,Penkner A,Nayak S,Baudrimont A,Schedl T,Gartner A,Loidl J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00