Coupling to substrate adhesions drives the maturation of muscle stress fibers into myofibrils within cardiomyocytes.

abstract：:Focal adhesions are intricate protein complexes that facilitate cell attachment, migration, and cellular communication. Lasp-2 (LIM-nebulette), a member of the nebulin family of actin-binding proteins, is a newly identified component of these complexes. To gain further insights into the functional role of lasp-2, we i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bliss KT,Chu M,Jones-Weinert CM,Gregorio CC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GRIM-19 was found to copurify with complex I of mitochondrial respiratory chain and subsequently was demonstrated to be involved in complex I assembly and activity. To further understand its function in complex I, we dissected its functional domains by generating a number of deletion, truncation, and point mutants. Th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lu H,Cao X

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin-catenin interactions play an important role in cadherin-mediated adhesion. Here we present strong evidence that in the cadherin-catenin complex α-catenin contributes to the binding strength of another catenin, p120, to the same complex. Specifically, we found that a β-catenin-uncoupled cadherin mutant interac...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Troyanovsky RB,Klingelhöfer J,Troyanovsky SM

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:The Drosophila melanogaster genes Hrb87F and Hrb98DE encode the fly proteins HRB87F and HRB98DE (also known as hrp36 and hrp38, respectively) that are most similar in sequence and function to mammalian A/B-type hnRNP proteins. Using overexpression and deletion mutants of Hrb87F, we have tested the hypothesis that the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zu K,Sikes ML,Haynes SR,Beyer AL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key regulator of entry into mitosis is the serine/threonine kinase p34cdc2. This kinase is regulated both by association with cyclins and by phosphorylation at several sites. Phosphorylation at Tyr 15 and Thr 14 are believed to inhibit the kinase activity of cdc2. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the wee1 (and possib...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kornbluth S,Sebastian B,Hunter T,Newport J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarized cell growth requires the coupling of a defined spatial site on the cell cortex to the apparatus that directs the establishment of cell polarity. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Ras-family GTPase Rsr1p/Bud1p and its regulators select the proper site for bud emergence on the cell cortex. The...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kozminski KG,Beven L,Angerman E,Tong AH,Boone C,Park HO

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the cell cycle, Cdc2-cyclin B kinase abruptly becomes active and triggers the entry into mitosis/meiosis. Recently, it was found that inactive Cdc2-cyclin B is present in aggregates in immature starfish oocytes and becomes disaggregated at the time of its activation during maturation. We discuss a possible scen...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Slepchenko BM,Terasaki M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro Ca++ activates gelsolin to sever F-actin and form a gelsolin-actin (GA) complex at the+end of F-actin that is not dissociated by ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) but is separated by EGTA+PIP/PIP2. The gelsolin blocks the+end on the actin filament, but the-end of the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Deaton JD,Guerrero T,Howard TH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trafficking through the Golgi apparatus requires members of the Arf family of GTPases, whose activation is regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Once activated, Arf-GTP recruits effectors such as coat complexes and lipid-modifying enzymes to specific membrane sites, creating a domain competent for c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Niu TK,Pfeifer AC,Lippincott-Schwartz J,Jackson CL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the Swi5 transcription factor regulates the expression of the SIC1 Cdk inhibitor in late mitosis. This suggests that Swi5 might control other genes with roles in ending mitosis. We identified a gene with a Swi5-binding site in the promoter that encoded a protein with high homology to Pcl2...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aerne BL,Johnson AL,Toyn JH,Johnston LH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper positioning of mitotic spindle in the single-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is achieved initially by the migration and rotation of the pronuclear complex (PNC) and its two associated astral microtubules (MTs). Pronuclear migration produces global cytoplasmic flows that couple the mechanics of all MTs, t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nazockdast E,Rahimian A,Needleman D,Shelley M

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rho GTPases regulate actin cytoskeleton organization and cell integrity. We studied the fission yeast gene SPBC4F6.12 based on its ability to suppress the thermosensitivity of cdc42-1625 mutant strain. This gene, named pxl1(+), encodes a protein with three LIM domains that is similar to paxil...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pinar M,Coll PM,Rincón SA,Pérez P

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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：:Microtubules (MTs) often form a polarized array with minus-ends anchored at the centrosome and plus-ends extended towards the cell margins. Plus-ends display behavior known as dynamic instability, - transitions between rapid shortening and slow growth. It is known that dynamic instability is regulated locally to ensur...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Burakov A,Vorobjev I,Semenova I,Cowan A,Carson J,Wu Y,Rodionov V

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Smf1p Nramp manganese transporter is posttranslationally regulated by environmental manganese. Smf1p is stabilized at the cell surface with manganese starvation, but is largely degraded in the vacuole with physiological manganese through a mechanism involving the Rsp5p adaptor complex Bsd2p/Tre1p/Tre2p. We n...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jensen LT,Carroll MC,Hall MD,Harvey CJ,Beese SE,Culotta VC

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：:The plant toxin ricin is transported retrogradely from the cell surface to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) from where the enzymatically active part is retrotranslocated to the cytosol, presumably by the same mechanism as used by misfolded proteins. The ER degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase I-like protein, EDEM, is...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Slominska-Wojewodzka M,Gregers TF,Wälchli S,Sandvig K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a central homeostasis and stress response pathway conserved in all eukaryotes. One hallmark of autophagy is the de novo formation of autophagosomes. These double-membrane vesicular structures form around and deliver cargo for degradation by the vacuole/lysosome. Where and how autophagosomes form are outst...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Graef M,Friedman JR,Graham C,Babu M,Nunnari J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vac8p is a vacuolar membrane protein that is required for efficient vacuole inheritance and fusion, cytosol-to-vacuole targeting, and sporulation. By analogy to other armadillo domain proteins, including beta-catenin and importin alpha, we hypothesize that Vac8p docks various factors at the vacuole membrane. Two-hybri...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pan X,Roberts P,Chen Y,Kvam E,Shulga N,Huang K,Lemmon S,Goldfarb DS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyubiquitination marks proteins for degradation by the 26S proteasome and is carried out by a cascade of enzymes that includes ubiquitin-activating enzymes (E1s), ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s), and ubiquitin ligases (E3s). The anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) comprises a multisubunit ubiquitin l...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Leverson JD,Joazeiro CA,Page AM,Huang Hk,Hieter P,Hunter T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for phenomics, a high-dimensional and high-throughput phenotyping method, has been increasing in many fields of biology. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a unicellular model organism, provides an invaluable system for dissecting complex cellular processes using high-resolution phenotyping. Moreov...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ohya Y,Kimori Y,Okada H,Ohnuki S

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we described the constitutive activation of Mek1 by mutation of its two serine phosphorylation sites. We have now characterized the biochemical properties of these Mek1 mutants and performed microinjection experiments to investigate the effect of an activated Mek on oocyte maturation. Single acidic substitut...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang W,Kessler DS,Erikson RL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho family proteins have been implicated in regulating various cellular processes, including actin cytoskeleton organization, endocytosis, cell cycle, and gene expression. In this study, we analyzed the function of a novel Dictyostelium discoideum Rho family protein (RacC). A cell line was generated that conditionally...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Seastone DJ,Lee E,Bush J,Knecht D,Cardelli J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of peroxisome-associated proteins have been described that are involved in the import of proteins into peroxisomes, among which is the receptor for peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (PTS1) proteins Pex5p, the integral membrane protein Pex13p, which contains an Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, and the peripheral memb...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bottger G,Barnett P,Klein AT,Kragt A,Tabak HF,Distel B

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin maintains whole body blood glucose homeostasis, in part, by regulating the amount of the GLUT4 glucose transporter on the cell surface of fat and muscle cells. Insulin induces the redistribution of GLUT4 from intracellular compartments to the plasma membrane, by stimulating a large increase in exocytosis and a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Zeigerer A,McBrayer MK,McGraw TE

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-trafficking pathway mediated by tetanus neurotoxin-insensitive vesicle-associated membrane protein (TI-VAMP) in neurons is still unknown. We show herein that TI-VAMP expression is necessary for neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and hippocampal neurons in culture. TI-VAMP interacts with plasma membrane and e...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Alberts P,Rudge R,Hinners I,Muzerelle A,Martinez-Arca S,Irinopoulou T,Marthiens V,Tooze S,Rathjen F,Gaspar P,Galli T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All eukaryotic cells sense extracellular stimuli and activate intracellular signaling cascades via G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) and associated heterotrimeric G proteins. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPCR Gpr1 and associated Galpha subunit Gpa2 sense extracellular carbon sources (including glucose) to govern fila...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Harashima T,Heitman J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00