abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction and altered transmembrane potential initiate a mitochondrial respiratory stress response, also known as mitochondrial retrograde response, in a wide spectrum of cells. The mitochondrial stress response activates calcineurin, which regulates transcription factors, including a new nuclear facto...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Guha M,Pan H,Fang JK,Avadhani NG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration involves the cooperative reorganization of the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons, as well as the turnover of cell-substrate adhesions, under the control of Rho family GTPases. RhoA is activated at the leading edge of motile cells by unknown mechanisms to control actin stress fiber assembly, contractil...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nalbant P,Chang YC,Birkenfeld J,Chang ZF,Bokoch GM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-stimulated trafficking of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane in muscle and fat tissue constitutes a central process in blood glucose homeostasis. The tethering, docking, and fusion of GLUT4 vesicles with the plasma membrane (PM) represent the most distal steps in this pathway and have been recently shown to be k...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lopez JA,Burchfield JG,Blair DH,Mele K,Ng Y,Vallotton P,James DE,Hughes WE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of animal cells is a single, dynamic, and continuous membrane network of interconnected cisternae and tubules spread out throughout the cytosol in direct contact with the nuclear envelope. During mitosis, the nuclear envelope undergoes a major rearrangement, as it rapidly partitions its ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lu L,Ladinsky MS,Kirchhausen T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) regulates various events in cell division. This complex is composed of a catalytic subunit, Aurora B kinase, and three nonenzymatic subunits, INCENP, Survivin, and Borealin. Together, these four subunits interdependently regulate CPC function, and they are highly conserved among...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bohnert KA,Chen JS,Clifford DM,Vander Kooi CW,Gould KL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MAL, a compact hydrophobic, four-transmembrane-domain apical protein that copurifies with detergent-resistant membranes is obligatory for the machinery that sorts glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins and others to the apical membrane in epithelia. The mechanism of MAL function in lipid-raft-mediated apica...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Magal LG,Yaffe Y,Shepshelovich J,Aranda JF,de Marco Mdel C,Gaus K,Alonso MA,Hirschberg K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of plasma membrane (PM) area as a critical factor during cell motility is poorly understood, mainly due to an inability to precisely follow PM area dynamics. To address this fundamental question, we developed static and dynamic assays to follow exocytosis, endocytosis, and PM area changes during fibroblast sp...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gauthier NC,Rossier OM,Mathur A,Hone JC,Sheetz MP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta superfamily regulates cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, migration, and development. Canonical TGFbeta signals are transduced to the nucleus via Smads in both major signaling branches, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) or Activin/Nodal/TGFbeta. Smurf ubiquitin (Ub)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kalkan T,Iwasaki Y,Park CY,Thomsen GH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starvation of Dictyostelium induces a developmental program in which cells form an aggregate that eventually differentiates into a multicellular structure. The aggregate formation is mediated by directional migration of individual cells that quickly transition to group migration in which cells align in a head-to-tail ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Garcia GL,Rericha EC,Heger CD,Goldsmith PK,Parent CA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myo4p, a single-headed and nonprocessive class V myosin in budding yeast, transports >20 different mRNAs asymmetrically to the bud. Here, we determine the features of the Myo4p motor that are necessary for correct localization of ASH1 mRNA to the daughter cell, a process that also requires the adapter protein She3p an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bookwalter CS,Lord M,Trybus KM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directed cell migration is mediated by cycles of protrusion, adhesion, traction generation on the extracellular matrix and retraction. However, how the events after protrusion are timed, and what dictates their temporal order is completely unknown. We used acute epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation of epidermal k...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schneider IC,Hays CK,Waterman CM

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:A central question in the area of signal transduction is why pathways utilize common components. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the HOG and filamentous growth (FG) MAPK pathways require overlapping components but are thought to be induced by different stimuli and specify distinct outputs. To better und...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pitoniak A,Birkaya B,Dionne HM,Vadaie N,Cullen PJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Microtubules (MTs) have been proposed to act mechanically as compressive struts that resist both actomyosin contractile forces and their own polymerization forces to mechanically stabilize cell shape. To identify the origin of MT bending, we directly observed MT bending and F-actin transport dynamics in the periphery ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bicek AD,Tüzel E,Demtchouk A,Uppalapati M,Hancock WO,Kroll DM,Odde DJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is an evolutionarily conserved surveillance mechanism that delays anaphase onset and mitotic exit in response to the lack of kinetochore attachment. The target of the SAC is the E3 ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex (APC) bound to its Cdc20 activator. The Cdc20/APC comple...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chiroli E,Rancati G,Catusi I,Lucchini G,Piatti S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile ducts are hepatic tubular structures that are lined by cholangiocytes, a type of liver epithelial cell. Cholangiocytes first form a single layer of cells, termed the ductal plate, surrounding the portal vein, which eventually remodels into the branching tubular network of bile ducts. The process of bile duct morp...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tanimizu N,Miyajima A,Mostov KE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear FGFR1 acts as a developmental gene regulator in cooperation with FGF-2, RSK1, and CREB-binding protein (CBP). FRAP analysis revealed three nuclear FGFR1 populations: i) a fast mobile, ii) a slower mobile population reflecting chromatin-bound FGFR1, and iii) an immobile FGFR1 population associated with the nucl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Dunham-Ems SM,Lee YW,Stachowiak EK,Pudavar H,Claus P,Prasad PN,Stachowiak MK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper execution of premeiotic S phase is essential to both the maintenance of genomic integrity and accurate chromosome segregation during the meiotic divisions. However, the regulation of premeiotic S phase remains poorly defined in metazoa. Here, we identify the p21(Cip1)/p27(Kip1)/p57(Kip2)-like cyclin-depende...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Narbonne-Reveau K,Lilly M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TOR kinases are conserved negative regulators of autophagy in response to nutrient conditions, but the signaling mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we describe a complex containing the protein kinase Atg1 and the phosphoprotein Atg13 that functions as a critical component of this regulation in Drosophila. We s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chang YY,Neufeld TP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast [PSI+] prion is an epigenetic modifier of translation termination fidelity that causes nonsense suppression. The prion [PSI+] forms when the translation termination factor Sup35p adopts a self-propagating conformation. The presence of the [PSI+] prion modulates survivability in a variety of growth conditions...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Strawn LA,Lin CA,Tank EM,Osman MM,Simpson SA,True HL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway is generally mitogenic, but, upon strong activation, it causes cell cycle arrest by a not-yet fully understood mechanism. In response to genotoxic stress, Chk1 hyperphosphorylates Cdc25A, a positive cell cycle regulator, and targets it for Skp1/Cullin1/F-box prot...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Isoda M,Kanemori Y,Nakajo N,Uchida S,Yamashita K,Ueno H,Sagata N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last steps of multivesicular body (MVB) formation, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 budding and cytokinesis require a functional endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery to facilitate topologically equivalent membrane fission events. Increased sodium tolerance (IST) 1, a new positive ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Agromayor M,Carlton JG,Phelan JP,Matthews DR,Carlin LM,Ameer-Beg S,Bowers K,Martin-Serrano J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organelle inheritance occurs during cell division. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, inheritance of the vacuole, and the distribution of mitochondria and cortical endoplasmic reticulum are regulated by Ptc1p, a type 2C protein phosphatase. Here we show that PTC1/VAC10 controls the distribution of additional cargoes moved b...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jin Y,Taylor Eves P,Tang F,Weisman LS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aurora kinase complex, also called the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC), is essential for faithful chromosome segregation and completion of cell division. In Fungi and Animalia, this complex consists of the kinase Aurora B/AIR-2/Ipl1p, INCENP/ICP-1/Sli15p, and Survivin/BIR-1/Bir1p. A fourth subunit, Borealin/Da...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nakajima Y,Tyers RG,Wong CC,Yates JR 3rd,Drubin DG,Barnes G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia and flagella are structurally and functionally conserved organelles present in basal as well as higher eukaryotes. The assembly of cilia requires a microtubule based scaffold called a basal body. The ninefold symmetry characteristic of basal bodies and the structurally similar centriole is organized around a hub...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Culver BP,Meehl JB,Giddings TH Jr,Winey M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large cargoes require multiple receptors for efficient transport through the nuclear pore complex. The 60S ribosomal subunit is one of the bulkiest transport cargoes, and in yeast three different receptors, Crm1, Mex67/Mtr2, and Arx1, collaborate in its export. However, only Crm1, recruited by the adapter Nmd3, appear...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lo KY,Johnson AW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells use actin-rich protrusions called invadopodia to degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) and invade tissues; related structures, termed podosomes, are sites of dynamic ECM interaction. We show here that supervillin (SV), a peripheral membrane protein that binds F-actin and myosin II, reorganizes the actin cytos...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Crowley JL,Smith TC,Fang Z,Takizawa N,Luna EJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth cone responses to guidance cues provide the basis for neuronal pathfinding. Although many cues have been identified, less is known about how signals are translated into the cytoskeletal rearrangements that steer directional changes during pathfinding. Here we show that the response of dorsal root ganglion (DRG)...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Brown JA,Wysolmerski RB,Bridgman PC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ER quality control (ERQC) prevents the exit of misfolded secretory and membrane proteins from the ER. A critical aspect of ERQC is a transcriptional response called the unfolded protein response (UPR), which up-regulates genes that enable cells to cope with misfolded, ER-retained proteins. In this study, we compare th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Metzger MB,Michaelis S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal bodies organize cilia that are responsible for both mechanical beating and sensation. Nascent basal body assembly follows a series of well characterized morphological events; however, the proteins and their assembly dynamics for new basal body formation and function are not well understood. High-resolution light...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pearson CG,Giddings TH Jr,Winey M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmin interacts with nebulin establishing a direct link between the intermediate filament network and sarcomeres at the Z-discs. Here, we examined a desmin mutation, E245D, that is located within the coil IB (nebulin-binding) region of desmin and that has been reported to cause human cardiomyopathy and skeletal muscl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Conover GM,Henderson SN,Gregorio CC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrillins constitute the major backbone of multifunctional microfibrils in elastic and nonelastic extracellular matrices. Proper assembly mechanisms are central to the formation and function of these microfibrils, and their properties are often compromised in pathological circumstances such as in Marfan syndrome and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sabatier L,Chen D,Fagotto-Kaufmann C,Hubmacher D,McKee MD,Annis DS,Mosher DF,Reinhardt DP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells are classically defined by their multipotent, long-term proliferation, and self-renewal capabilities. Here, we show that increased antioxidant capacity represents an additional functional characteristic of muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs). Seeking to understand the superior regenerative capacity of MDSCs c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Urish KL,Vella JB,Okada M,Deasy BM,Tobita K,Keller BB,Cao B,Piganelli JD,Huard J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P(2)] and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PI(3,4,5)P(3)] are phosphoinositides (PIs) present in small amounts in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM) lipid bilayer of host target cells. They are thought to modulate the activity of proteins involved in en...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sason H,Milgrom M,Weiss AM,Melamed-Book N,Balla T,Grinstein S,Backert S,Rosenshine I,Aroeti B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional proteins of complex eukaryotes within the same species are rather invariant. A single catalytic component of telomerase TERT is essential for an active telomerase complex that maintains telomeres. Surprisingly, we have identified two paralogous SpTERT-L and SpTERT-S genes with novel domains in Strongylocent...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wells TB,Zhang G,Harley Z,Vaziri H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely degradation of regulatory proteins by the ubiquitin proteolytic pathway (UPP) is an established paradigm of cell cycle regulation during the G2/M and G1/S transitions. Less is known about roles for the UPP during S phase. Here we present evidence that dynamic cell cycle-dependent changes in levels of UbcH7 regu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Whitcomb EA,Dudek EJ,Liu Q,Taylor A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of metazoan Sm-class small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) is an elaborate, step-wise process that takes place in multiple subcellular compartments. The initial steps, including formation of the core RNP, are mediated by the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein complex. Loss-of-function mutations in hu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shpargel KB,Praveen K,Rajendra TK,Matera AG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinol-binding protein (RBP) is secreted out of the cell in its ligand-bound holo-form. The apo-form of RBP is selectively retained within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by a mechanism that remains unknown. Using isolated microsomal system, we have recapitulated the biogenesis of RBP involving its oxidative folding a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Selvaraj SR,Bhatia V,Tatu U

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the mitochondrial cardiolipin (CL) transacylase, tafazzin (Taz1p), result in the X-linked cardioskeletal myopathy, Barth syndrome (BTHS). The mitochondria of BTHS patients exhibit variable respiratory defects and abnormal cristae ultrastructure. The biochemical basis for these observations is unknown. In ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Claypool SM,Boontheung P,McCaffery JM,Loo JA,Koehler CM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00