The intramembrane protease SPPL2c promotes male germ cell development by cleaving phospholamban.

abstract：:Synaptic vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane in response to Ca(2+) influx, thereby releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. The protein machinery that mediates this process, consisting of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) and regulatory proteins, is well kno...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Bharat TA,Malsam J,Hagen WJ,Scheutzow A,Söllner TH,Briggs JA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) leads to the phosphorylation and inhibition of the elongation factor eEF2, reducing mRNA translation rates. Emerging evidence indicates that the regulation of factors involved in protein synthesis may be critical for controlling diverse biological processes includin...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： De Gassart A,Demaria O,Panes R,Zaffalon L,Ryazanov AG,Gilliet M,Martinon F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various aerolysin-like pore-forming proteins have been identified from bacteria to vertebrates. However, the mechanism of receptor recognition and/or pore formation of the eukaryotic members remains unknown. Here, we present the first crystal and electron microscopy structures of a vertebrate aerolysin-like protein fr...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Jia N,Liu N,Cheng W,Jiang YL,Sun H,Chen LL,Peng J,Zhang Y,Ding YH,Zhang ZH,Wang X,Cai G,Wang J,Dong MQ,Zhang Z,Wu H,Wang HW,Chen Y,Zhou CZ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which YopP simultaneously inhibits mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor-kappaB pathways has been elusive. Ectopic expression of YopP inhibits the activity and ubiquitination of a complex consisting of overexpressed TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and its subunit TAK1-binding p...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Thiefes A,Wolf A,Doerrie A,Grassl GA,Matsumoto K,Autenrieth I,Bohn E,Sakurai H,Niedenthal R,Resch K,Kracht M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of the cohesin subunit Scc1p/Mcd1p/Rad21 permits sister chromatid separation and is considered to trigger anaphase onset. It has also been suggested that the cohesin complex is essential for chromosome condensation and for assembling fully functional kinetochores. Here, we used vertebrate cells conditionally ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Vagnarelli P,Morrison C,Dodson H,Sonoda E,Takeda S,Earnshaw WC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) intracellular Ca(2+) release channel is engaged by thousands of plasma membrane receptors to generate Ca(2+) signals in all cells. Understanding how complex Ca(2+) signals are generated has been hindered by a lack of information on the kinetic responses o...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mak DO,Pearson JE,Loong KP,Datta S,Fernández-Mongil M,Foskett JK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first EMBO Conference on Experimental Approaches to Evolution and Ecology in Yeast was held in Heidelberg, Germany, at the end of September 2010. What might sound like a rather narrow topic actually covered a broad range of interests, approaches, and systems and generated a great deal of excitement among participa...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Dunham MJ,Louis EJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X inactivation is the mechanism by which mammals adjust the genetic imbalance that arises from the different numbers of gene-rich X-chromosomes between the sexes. The dosage difference between XX females and XY males is functionally equalized by silencing one of the two X chromosomes in females. This dosage-compensati...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ng K,Pullirsch D,Leeb M,Wutz A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in TRPML1 cause the lysosomal storage disease mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV). The role of TRPML1 in cell function and how the mutations cause the disease are not well understood. Most studies focus on the role of TRPML1 in constitutive membrane trafficking to and from the lysosomes. However, this cannot explai...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Park S,Ahuja M,Kim MS,Brailoiu GC,Jha A,Zeng M,Baydyuk M,Wu LG,Wassif CA,Porter FD,Zerfas PM,Eckhaus MA,Brailoiu E,Shin DM,Muallem S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crucial role of individual Notch receptors and the mechanism by which they maintain intestinal crypt progenitor cells were assessed by using a series of inducible gut-specific Notch mutant mice. We found that Notch1 and Notch2 receptors function redundantly in the gut, as only simultaneous loss of both receptors r...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Riccio O,van Gijn ME,Bezdek AC,Pellegrinet L,van Es JH,Zimber-Strobl U,Strobl LJ,Honjo T,Clevers H,Radtke F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Polycomb group (PcG) of proteins conveys epigenetic inheritance of repressed transcriptional states. In Drosophila, the Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) maintains the silent state by inhibiting the transcription machinery and chromatin remodelling at core promoters. Using immunoprecipitation of in vivo formald...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Breiling A,O'Neill LP,D'Eliseo D,Turner BM,Orlando V

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins form a conserved family found in all eukaryotes and are essential for DNA replication. They exist as heteromultimeric complexes containing as many as six different proteins. These complexes are believed to be the replicative helicases, functioning as hexameric rings at replic...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Yu X,VanLoock MS,Poplawski A,Kelman Z,Xiang T,Tye BK,Egelman EH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in GRN, which encodes progranulin, are a common cause of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FTD is a devastating disease characterised by neuronal loss in the frontal and temporal lobes that leads to changes in personality, behaviour and language. There are no effective treatments for this complex condi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Clayton EL,Isaacs AM

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modifications represent a novel layer of regulation of gene expression. Functional experiments revealed that N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) on messenger RNA (mRNA) plays critical roles in cell fate determination and development. m6 A mark also resides in the decoding center of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA); however, the bi...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Xing M,Liu Q,Mao C,Zeng H,Zhang X,Zhao S,Chen L,Liu M,Shen B,Guo X,Ma H,Chen H,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Global climate change and the increasing human population require crop varieties with higher yield and draught resistance. But meeting both goals is not an easy task for breeders and plant science. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Moshelion M

更新日期：2020-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular modification of proteins by the addition of a single O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) molecule is a ubiquitous post-translational modification in eukaryotic cells. It is catalysed by O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, which attaches O-GlcNAc to serine/threonine residues, and it is count...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Golks A,Guerini D

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery that adult somatic cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent cells by expressing a combination of factors associated with pluripotency holds immense promise for a wide range of biotechnological and therapeutic applications. However, some hurdles-such as improving the low reprogramming efficiencies and e...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Banito A,Gil J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Escherichia coli cells, the origin of chromosomal replication is temporarily inactivated after initiation has occurred. Origin sequestration is the first line of defence against over-initiation, providing a time window during which the initiation potential can be reduced by: (i) titration of DnaA proteins to newly ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Boye E,Løbner-Olesen A,Skarstad K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes more than one million deaths every year, mostly of young children in developing countries, due to pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis. The emergence and dissemination of drug-resistant pneumococcal strains, coupled to changing patterns of virulence and the inadequacy of available vacci...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Di Guilmi AM,Dessen A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms that guide directional migration of neuroblasts from the subventricular zone (SVZ) are not well understood. We report here that endogenous electric currents serve as a guidance cue for neuroblast migration. We identify the existence of naturally occurring electric currents (1.5±0.6 μA/cm(2), average field s...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Cao L,Wei D,Reid B,Zhao S,Pu J,Pan T,Yamoah E,Zhao M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles gambiae, the major vector of human malaria parasite, is an important insect model to study vector-parasite interactions. Here, we developed a simple in vivo double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) knockout approach to determine the function of the mosquito antimicrobial peptide gene Defensin. We injected dsRNA into adul...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Blandin S,Moita LF,Köcher T,Wilm M,Kafatos FC,Levashina EA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast species have undergone extensive genome reorganization in their evolutionary history, including variations in chromosome number and large chromosomal rearrangements, such as translocations. To determine directly the contribution of chromosomal translocations to the whole organism's fitness, we devised a strategy...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Colson I,Delneri D,Oliver SG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the extreme feats of endurance that humans and some animals achieve has uncovered a range of metabolic and physiological adaptations along with their evolutionary origins. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Hunter P

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila ovarian germline stem cells (GSCs) are maintained by the extracellular BMP2/4 orthologue Dpp, which is produced from the surrounding somatic niche. The Dpp signal has a short range; it induces a response in GSCs within the niche, but is rapidly extinguished in their progeny only one cell-diameter away. To e...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Harris RE,Ashe HL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labmates are colleagues, friends, comforters…and competitors. ...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Morriswood B,Hoeller O

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAT-controlled thermogenic activity is thought to be required for its capacity to prevent the development of insulin resistance. This hypothesis predicts that mediators of thermogenesis may help prevent diet-induced insulin resistance. We report that the mitochondrial fusion protein Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) in BAT is essent...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Mahdaviani K,Benador IY,Su S,Gharakhanian RA,Stiles L,Trudeau KM,Cardamone M,Enríquez-Zarralanga V,Ritou E,Aprahamian T,Oliveira MF,Corkey BE,Perissi V,Liesa M,Shirihai OS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that ribosomal proteins (RPs) are important mediators of p53 activation in response to nucleolar disruption; however, the pathways that control this signalling function of RPs are currently unknown. We have recently shown that RPs are targets for the ubiquitin-like molecule NEDD8, and that N...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Sundqvist A,Liu G,Mirsaliotis A,Xirodimas DP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of circadian rhythms on memory has long been studied; however, the molecular prerequisites for their interaction remain elusive. The hippocampus, which is a region of the brain important for long-term memory formation and temporary maintenance, shows circadian rhythmicity in pathways central to the memor...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Eckel-Mahan KL,Storm DR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor-evoked Ca(2+) signal is sensed and translated by mitochondria. Physiological cytoplasmic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]c) oscillations result in mitochondrial Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]m) oscillations, while large and sustained [Ca(2+)]c increase results in a pathologic increase in basal [Ca(2+)]m and in Ca(2+) accumulation. The...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Ahuja M,Muallem S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, immediate-early transcription of the Period 1 (Per1) gene is crucial for resetting the mammalian circadian clock. Here, we show that CLOCK is a real signalling molecule that mediates the serum-evoked rapid induction of Per1 in fibroblasts through the Ca2+-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) pathway. Stimulati...

journal_title：EMBO reports

authors： Shim HS,Kim H,Lee J,Son GH,Cho S,Oh TH,Kang SH,Seen DS,Lee KH,Kim K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00