Phosphoinositide transport and metabolism at membrane contact sites [PDF]
Phosphoinositides are a family of signaling lipids that play a profound role in regulating protein function at the membrane-cytosol interface of all cellular membranes. Underscoring their importance, mutations or alterations in phosphoinositide metabolizing enzymes lead to host of developmental, neurodegenerative, and metabolic disorders that are ...
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Membrane Contact Sites in Yeast: Control Hubs of Sphingolipid Homeostasis
Sphingolipids are the most diverse class of membrane lipids, in terms of their structure and function. Structurally simple sphingolipid precursors, such as ceramides, act as intracellular signaling molecules in various processes, including apoptosis ...
Philipp Schlarmann +2 more
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Characterization of Translocation Contact Sites Involved in the Import of Mitochondrial Proteins [PDF]
Import of proteins into the mitochondrial matrix requires translocation across two membranes. Translocational intermediates of mitochondrial proteins, which span the outer and inner membrane simultaneously and thus suggest that translocation occurs in ...
Herzog, Volker +2 more
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Successive translocation into and out of the mitochondrial matrix [PDF]
We investigated the import and sorting pathways of cytochrome b2 and cytochrome c1, which are functionally located in the intermembrane space of mitochondria.
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Organization and function of membrane contact sites
Membrane-bound organelles are a wonderful evolutionary acquisition of the eukaryotic cell, allowing the segregation of sometimes incompatible biochemical reactions into specific compartments with tailored microenvironments. On the flip side, these isolating membranes that crowd the interior of the cell, constitute a hindrance to the diffusion of ...
Helle Sebastian C J +5 more
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An Endosomal NAADP-Sensitive Two-Pore Ca(2+) Channel Regulates ER-Endosome Membrane Contact Sites to Control Growth Factor Signaling. [PDF]
Membrane contact sites are regions of close apposition between organelles that facilitate information transfer. Here, we reveal an essential role for Ca(2+) derived from the endo-lysosomal system in maintaining contact between endosomes and the ...
Eden, ER +5 more
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Lipid transfer at mitochondrial membrane contact sites
Mitochondria are semiautonomous organelles that are actively shaped into an extended reticular network that is not connected to the endomembrane system via vesicular transport.
Qingzhu Chu, Wei-Ke Ji
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The cytochrome c import pathway differs markedly from the general route taken by the majority of other imported proteins, which is characterized by the import involvement of namely, surface receptors, the general insertion protein (GIP), contact sites ...
Berkout +68 more
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Identification of Fis1 Interactors in Toxoplasma gondii Reveals a Novel Protein Required for Peripheral Distribution of the Mitochondrion [PDF]
Toxoplasma gondii’s single mitochondrion is very dynamic and undergoes morphological changes throughout the parasite’s life cycle. During parasite division, the mitochondrion elongates, enters the daughter cells just prior to cytokinesis, and undergoes ...
Arrizabalaga, Gustavo +2 more
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What Peroxisomes (Don’t) do to Mitochondria
Mitochondria and peroxisomes have long been recognized as interconnected. More than half a century ago it was observed that both types of cell organelles exhibit defects in peroxisome biogenesis disorders.
Margret H. Bülow, Sven Thoms
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