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VAPB/ALS8 interacts with FFAT-like proteins including the p97 cofactor FAF1 and the ASNA1 ATPase [PDF]

, 2014
Background: FAF1 is a ubiquitin-binding adaptor for the p97 ATPase and belongs to the UBA-UBX family of p97 cofactors. p97 converts the energy derived from ATP hydrolysis into conformational changes of the p97 hexamer, which allows the dissociation of ...
Tyagi, Kshitiz, Gabriela Alexandru, Melanie Wightman, Johnson, Clare, Alexandru, Gabriela, Patrick G Pedrioli, Pedrioli, Patrick G., Wood, Nicola T., Clare Johnson, Nicola T Wood, Baron, Yorann, Daniel Fountaine, Wightman, Melanie, Fountaine, Daniel, Kshitiz Tyagi, Yorann Baron   +15 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
wiley   +1 more source

C9orf72 repeat expansions cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila through arginine-rich proteins

, 2014
An expanded GGGGCC repeat in C9orf72 is the most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A fundamental question is whether toxicity is driven by the repeat RNA itself and/or by dipeptide repeat proteins ...
Ridler, CE, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, Norona, FE, Woollacott, I., Fratta, P., Norona, Frances E, Woollacott, IOC, Ridler, Charlotte E, Devoy, A, Pietrzyk, J, Fisher, EMC, Devoy, Anny, Dols, J, Dols, Jacqueline, Moens, T., Cleverley, K., Fratta, Pietro, Partridge, Linda, Nicoll, Andrew J, Fisher, E., Ridler, C., Fratta, P, Grönke, S., Pickering-Brown, S., Isaacs, Adrian M, Cabecinha, Melissa, Mizielinska, S, Moens, Thomas, Clayton, E., Partridge, L., Pietrzyk, J., Clayton, Emma L, Mizielinska, Sarah, Niccoli, T., Devoy, Anny; id_orcid, Mizielinska, Sarah; id_orcid, Isaacs, A., Woollacott, Ione O C, Cleverley, Karen, Nicoll, AJ, Hendrich, O., Moens, T, Dols, J., Grönke, Sebastian, Cabecinha, M., Cabecinha, M, Fisher, Elizabeth M C, Mizielinska, S., Clayton, EL, Nicoll, A., Hendrich, Oliver, Grönke, S, Niccoli, Teresa, Pietrzyk, Julian, Devoy, A., Norona, F., Isaacs, AM, Pickering-Brown, S, Cleverley, K, Hendrich, O, Niccoli, T, Partridge, L   +61 more
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cDNA that encodes active agrin [PDF]

, 1992
Agrin is thought to mediate the motor neuron-induced aggregation of AChRs and AChE on the surface of muscle fibers at neuromuscular junctions. We have isolated a cDNA from a chick brain library that, based on sequence homology and expression experiments,
Kröger, Stephan, Tsim, K. W., McMahan, U. J., Ruegg, M. A., Escher, G., Tsim, Karl W. K., Ruegg, Markus A., Escher, Gérard, Tsim, Karl W.K., Kroger, S.   +9 more
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A system-wide mislocalization of RNA-binding proteins in motor neurons is a new feature of ALS

Neurobiology of Disease, 2021
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons. Mislocalization of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is an early event in the formation of cytoplasmic TDP-43-positive inclusions ...
Yu-Ju Liu, Hung-Chih Kuo, Yijuang Chern
doaj   +1 more source

Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe, Tanmay Kumar Mohanty, Rashna Bhandari, Dorothea Fiedler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Studies on Bacteriophage Portal Proteins [PDF]

, 2013
In tailed bacteriophages and evolutionarily related herpes viruses, the portal protein is a central component of the DNA packaging molecular motor, which translocates viral genomic DNA into a preformed procapsid.
Luan, Weisha
core  

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motor proteins of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997
Motility is a hallmark of life. Even cells that are incapable of active movement within their environment perform essential intracellular motility processes. A number of mechanisms have evolved to generate the mechanical forces required to drive biological motility.
M A, Hoyt, A A, Hyman, M, Bähler
openaire   +2 more sources

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source