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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Cells must clear mislocalized or faulty proteins from membranes to survive. The AAA+ ATPase Msp1 performs this task, but dissecting how its six subunits work together is challenging. We engineered linked dimers with varied numbers of functional subunits to reveal how Msp1 subunits cooperate and use energy to extract proteins from the lipid bilayer ...
Deepika Gaur +5 more
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Controlling the shape of membrane protein polyhedra
, 2017 Membrane proteins and lipids can self-assemble into membrane protein polyhedral nanoparticles (MPPNs). MPPNs have a closed spherical surface and a polyhedral protein arrangement, and may offer a new route for structure determination of membrane proteins ...
Haselwandter, Christoph A. +2 more
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Membrane-associated proteins in giardia lamblia [PDF]
, 2018 The manner in which membrane-associated proteins interact with the membrane defines their subcellular fate and function. This interaction relies on the characteristics of the proteins, their journey after synthesis, and their interaction with other ...
Feliziani, Constanza +2 more
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Characterization of a Dimeric Arginase From Zymomonas mobilis ZM4
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Many organisms have genes to protect themselves from toxic conditions such as high ethanol and/or ammonia concentrations. When a high ethanol condition is induced to Zymomonas mobilis ZM4, a representative ethanologenic organism, this bacterium ...
Seung-A Hwangbo +7 more
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Characterisation of IL-23 receptor antagonists and disease relevant mutants using fluorescent probes
Nature Communications, 2023 Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the IL-23 receptor with several auto-inflammatory diseases, led to the heterodimeric receptor and its cytokine-ligand IL-23, becoming important drug targets.
Charles S. Lay +4 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
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Small cationic antimicrobial peptides delocalize peripheral membrane proteins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014 Significance Multidrug-resistant bacteria present an acute problem to medicine, generating interest in novel antimicrobial strategies. Antimicrobial peptides currently are being investigated, both as antibiotics and as immunomodulatory agents.
Michaela Wenzel +17 more
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How cholesterol interacts with membrane proteins: an exploration of cholesterol-binding sites including CRAC, CARC, and tilted domains [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2013 The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells contains several types of lipids displaying high biochemical variability in both their apolar moiety (e.g., the acyl chain of glycerolipids) and their polar head (e.g., the sugar structure of glycosphingolipids ...
J. Fantini, F. Barrantes
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CCT4 promotes tunneling nanotube formation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are membranous tunnel‐like structures that transport molecules and organelles between cells. They vary in thickness, and thick nanotubes often contain microtubules in addition to actin fibers. We found that cells expressing monomeric CCT4 generate many thick TNTs with tubulin.
Miyu Enomoto +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Phototrophs evolved light‐harvesting systems adapted for efficient photon capture in habitats enriched in far‐red radiation. A subset of eukaryotic pigment‐binding proteins can absorb far‐red photons via low‐energy chlorophyll states known as red forms.
Antonello Amelii +8 more
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