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：:All vertebrates contain two nonmuscle myosin II heavy chains, A and B, which differ in tissue expression and subcellular distributions. To understand how these distinct distributions are controlled and what role they play in cell migration, myosin IIA and IIB were examined during wound healing by bovine aortic endothe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kolega J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function currently attributed to tetraspanins is to organize molecular complexes in the plasma membrane by using multiple cis-interactions. Additionally, the tetraspanin CD9 may be a receptor that binds the soluble ligand PSG17, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF)/CEA subfamily. However, previous dat...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ellerman DA,Ha C,Primakoff P,Myles DG,Dveksler GS

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：: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：:14-3-3 proteins via binding serine/threonine-phosphorylated proteins regulate diverse intracellular processes in all eukaryotic organisms. Here, we examine the role of 14-3-3 self-dimerization in target binding, and in the susceptibility of 14-3-3 to undergo phosphorylation. Using a phospho-specific antibody developed...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shen YH,Godlewski J,Bronisz A,Zhu J,Comb MJ,Avruch J,Tzivion G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamellipodia of crawling cells represent both the motor for cell advance and the primary building site for the actin cytoskeleton. The organization of actin in the lamellipodium reflects actin dynamics and is of critical importance for the mechanism of cell motility. In previous structural studies, the lamellipodial a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Verkhovsky AB,Chaga OY,Schaub S,Svitkina TM,Meister JJ,Borisy GG

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila bristle cells are shaped during growth by longitudinal bundles of cross-linked actin filaments attached to the plasma membrane. We used confocal and electron microscopy to examine actin bundle structure and found that during bristle elongation, snarls of uncross-linked actin filaments and small internal bun...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Tilney LG,Connelly PS,Ruggiero L,Vranich KA,Guild GM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolae are vesicular invaginations of the plasma membrane. Caveolin-3 is the principal structural component of caveolae in skeletal muscle cells in vivo. We have recently generated caveolin-3 transgenic mice and demonstrated that overexpression of wild-type caveolin-3 in skeletal muscle fibers is sufficient to induc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Volonte D,Peoples AJ,Galbiati F

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:The yeast Golgi membrane protein Rer1p is required for the retrieval of various endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane proteins such as Sec12p and Sec71p to the ER. We demonstrate here that the transmembrane domain (TMD) of Sec71p, a type-III membrane protein, contains an ER localization signal, which is required for phy...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sato K,Sato M,Nakano A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human HT2-19 cells with a conditional cdk1 mutation stop dividing upon cdk1 inactivation and undergo multiple rounds of endoreplication. We show herein that major cell cycle events remain synchronized in these endoreplicating cells. DNA replication alternates with gap phases and cell cycle-specific cyclin E expression...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Laronne A,Rotkopf S,Hellman A,Gruenbaum Y,Porter AC,Brandeis M

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:We have shown that protein kinase A phosphorylation of t-SNAREs inhibits SNARE assembly and suppresses endo- and exocytosis in yeast. Herein, we show that protein kinase A phosphorylation of the Sso exocytic t-SNAREs promotes the binding of Vsm1, a potential SNARE regulator identified previously in our laboratory. Pho...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marash M,Gerst JE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally different subsets of actin filament arrays contribute to cellular organization and motility. We report the identification of a novel subset of loose actin filament arrays through regulated association with the widely expressed protein SWAP-70. These loose actin filament arrays were commonly located behind...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hilpelä P,Oberbanscheidt P,Hahne P,Hund M,Kalhammer G,Small JV,Bähler M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of dendritic cells is accompanied by the redistribution of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules from the lysosomal MHC class II compartment to the plasma membrane to mediate presentation of peptide antigens. Besides MHC molecules, dendritic cells also express CD1 molecules that medi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： van der Wel NN,Sugita M,Fluitsma DM,Cao X,Schreibelt G,Brenner MB,Peters PJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During spindle pole body (SPB) duplication, the new SPB is assembled at a distinct site adjacent to the old SPB. Using quantitative fluorescence methods, we studied the assembly and dynamics of the core structural SPB component Spc110p. The SPB core exhibits both exchange and growth in a cell cycle-dependent manner. D...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yoder TJ,Pearson CG,Bloom K,Davis TN

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunolocalization studies in epithelial cells revealed myo6 was associated with peripherally located vesicles that contained the transferrin receptor. Pulse-chase experiments after transferrin uptake showed that these vesicles were newly uncoated endocytic vesicles and that myo6 was recruited to these vesicles immedi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Aschenbrenner L,Lee T,Hasson T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that the pancreatic bile salt-dependent lipase (BSDL) can be taken up by intestinal cells and transported to the blood circulation. This mechanism likely involves (specific) receptor(s) able to bind BSDL and located at the apical intestinal cell membrane. In this study, using Int407 human intest...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bruneau N,Richard S,Silvy F,Verine A,Lombardo D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the common regulatory mechanism that induces transcription of the mitotic phosphatase cdc25C and cyclin A at the beginning of S-phase, we investigated whether cdc25C was required for S-phase transit. Here, we show that in both nontransformed human fibroblasts and HeLa cells, cdc25C protein levels significan...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Turowski P,Franckhauser C,Morris MC,Vaglio P,Fernandez A,Lamb NJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MTG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, corresponding to ORF YMR097c on chromosome XIII, codes for a mitochondrial protein essential for respiratory competence. A human homologue of Mtg1p capable of partially rescuing the respiratory deficiency of a yeast mtg1 mutant has also been localized in mitochondria. Mtg1p i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Barrientos A,Korr D,Barwell KJ,Sjulsen C,Gajewski CD,Manfredi G,Ackerman S,Tzagoloff A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinucleolar compartment (PNC) is a nuclear substructure present in transformed cells. The PNC is defined by high concentrations of certain RNA binding proteins and a subset of small RNAs transcribed by RNA polymerase III (pol III), including the signal recognition particle RNA and an Alu RNA as reported here. To...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang C,Politz JC,Pederson T,Huang S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ste5 scaffold activates an associated mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade by binding through its RING-H2 domain to a Gbetagamma dimer (Ste4/Ste18) at the plasma membrane in a recruitment event that requires prior nuclear shuttling of Ste5. Genetic evidence suggests that Ste5 must oligomerize to function, but ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang Y,Elion EA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of Rab proteins are posttranslationally modified with two geranylgeranyl lipid moieties that enable their stable association with membranes. In this study, we present evidence to demonstrate that there is a specific lipid requirement for Rab protein localization and function. Substitution of different pre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Calero M,Chen CZ,Zhu W,Winand N,Havas KA,Gilbert PM,Burd CG,Collins RN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-established function of centrosomes is their role in accomplishing a successful mitosis that gives rise to a pair of identical daughter cells. We recently showed that DNA replication defects and DNA damage in Drosophila embryos trigger centrosomal changes, but it remained unclear whether comparable centrosomal ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hut HM,Lemstra W,Blaauw EH,Van Cappellen GW,Kampinga HH,Sibon OC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLA4, encoding a protein kinase of the PAK type, and CDC11, encoding a septin, were isolated in a screen for synthetic lethality with CHS3, which encodes the chitin synthase III catalytic moiety. Although Ste20p shares some essential function with Cla4p, it did not show synthetic lethality with Chs3p. cla4 and cdc11 m...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Schmidt M,Varma A,Drgon T,Bowers B,Cabib E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast TGN resident proteins that frequently cycle between the TGN and endosomes are much more slowly transported to the prevacuolar/late endosomal compartment (PVC) than other proteins. However, TGN protein transport to the PVC is accelerated in mutants lacking function of Inp53p. Inp53p contains a SacI polyphosphoino...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ha SA,Torabinejad J,DeWald DB,Wenk MR,Lucast L,De Camilli P,Newitt RA,Aebersold R,Nothwehr SF

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jak tyrosine kinases have a unique domain structure containing a kinase domain (JH1) adjacent to a catalytically inactive pseudokinase domain (JH2). JH2 is crucial for inhibition of basal Jak activity, but the mechanism of this regulation has remained elusive. We show that JH2 negatively regulated Jak2 in bacterial ce...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Saharinen P,Vihinen M,Silvennoinen O

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inducible fluorescent system based on GFP is presented that allows for the uncoupling of dendritic mRNA transport from subsequent protein synthesis at the single cell level. The iron-responsive element (IRE) derived from ferritin mRNA in the 5'-UTR of the GFP reporter mRNA renders translation of its mRNA dependent ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Macchi P,Hemraj I,Goetze B,Grunewald B,Mallardo M,Kiebler MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion transport in various tissues can be regulated by the cortical actin cytoskeleton. Specifically, involvement of actin dynamics in the regulation of nonvoltage-gated sodium channels has been shown. Herein, inside-out patch clamp experiments were performed to study the effect of the heterodimeric actin capping protei...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shumilina EV,Negulyaev YA,Morachevskaya EA,Hinssen H,Khaitlina SY

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NUDF protein of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans functions in the cytoplasmic dynein pathway. It binds several proteins, including the NUDE protein. Green fluorescent protein-tagged NUDF and NUDA (dynein heavy chain) localize to linearly moving dashes ("comets") that coincide with microtubule ends. Here...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Efimov VP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma-tubulin ring complex (gammaTuRC), consisting of multiple protein subunits, can nucleate microtubule assembly. Although many subunits of the gammaTuRC have been identified, a complete set remains to be defined in any organism. In addition, how the subunits interact with each other to assemble into gammaTuRC r...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gunawardane RN,Martin OC,Zheng Y

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) increases Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity in lung alveolar epithelial cells. This effect is associated with an increase in Na(+),K(+)-ATPase molecules within the plasma membrane (). Analysis of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase motion was performed in real-time in alveolar cells stably expressing Na(+),K(+)-ATPase molecules ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Bertorello AM,Komarova Y,Smith K,Leibiger IB,Efendiev R,Pedemonte CH,Borisy G,Sznajder JI

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta)-regulated Sma-Mad (Smad) protein 3 and Smad4 proteins transactivate the apolipoprotein C-III promoter in hepatic cells via a hormone response element that binds the nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4). In the present study, we...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chou WC,Prokova V,Shiraishi K,Valcourt U,Moustakas A,Hadzopoulou-Cladaras M,Zannis VI,Kardassis D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn), a phospholipid essential for aerobic growth of yeast cells, is synthesized by phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 1 (Psd1p) in the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM). To identify components that become essential when the level of mitochondrial PtdEtn is dec...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Birner R,Nebauer R,Schneiter R,Daum G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerophosphoinositol 4-phosphate (GroPIns-4P) is a biologically active, water-soluble phospholipase A metabolite derived from phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, whose cellular concentrations have been reported to increase in Ras-transformed cells. It is therefore important to understand its biological activities. Her...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mancini R,Piccolo E,Mariggio' S,Filippi BM,Iurisci C,Pertile P,Berrie CP,Corda D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of most eukaryotic cells requires directed transport along microtubules (MTs) that are nucleated at nuclear-associated microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), such as the centrosome and the fungal spindle pole body (SPB). Herein, we show that the pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis uses different MT nucleation si...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Straube A,Brill M,Oakley BR,Horio T,Steinberg G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hansenula polymorpha ass3 mutants are characterized by the accumulation of inactive alcohol oxidase (AO) monomers in the cytosol, whereas other peroxisomal matrix proteins are normally activated and sorted to peroxisomes. These mutants also have a glutamate or aspartate requirement on minimal media. Cloning of the cor...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ozimek P,van Dijk R,Latchev K,Gancedo C,Wang DY,van der Klei IJ,Veenhuis M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is a ubiquitous serine/threonine phosphatase that regulates many cellular processes, including cell division. When transiently expressed as fluorescent protein (FP) fusions, the three PP1 isoforms, alpha, beta/delta, and gamma1, are active phosphatases with distinct localization patterns. W...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Trinkle-Mulcahy L,Andrews PD,Wickramasinghe S,Sleeman J,Prescott A,Lam YW,Lyon C,Swedlow JR,Lamond AI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras signaling has been shown to play an important role in promoting cell survival in many different tissues. Here we show that upregulation of Ras activity in adult Drosophila neurons induces neuronal cell death, as evident from the phenotype of vacuolar peduncle (vap) mutants defective in the Drosophila RasGAP gene, ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Botella JA,Kretzschmar D,Kiermayer C,Feldmann P,Hughes DA,Schneuwly S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00