2020
A cut above (and below): Protein cleavage in the regulation of polycystin trafficking and signaling
Padovano V, Mistry K, Merrick D, Gresko N, Caplan MJ. A cut above (and below): Protein cleavage in the regulation of polycystin trafficking and signaling. Cellular Signalling 2020, 72: 109634. PMID: 32283256, PMCID: PMC7269866, DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-1Polycystin proteinsG proteinsPolycystin-1 proteinProtein maturationTerminal tailObligate stepBiological pathwaysProtein cleavagePhysiological functionsProteolytic siteProteinPathological consequencesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseTraffickingDominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseasePrimary functionCleavageRegulationMaturationGenesMitochondriaValuable insightsPathway
2017
The secretory pathway at 50: a golden anniversary for some momentous grains of silver
Matlin KS, Caplan MJ. The secretory pathway at 50: a golden anniversary for some momentous grains of silver. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2017, 28: 229-232. PMID: 28082520, PMCID: PMC5231891, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-07-0508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecretory pathwayBiosynthetic machineryMembrane protein trafficSpecialized cell typesCell's biosynthetic machineryModern cell biologyProtein trafficCell biologyCell typesMorphological methodologiesPathological consequencesPathwayMachineryCentral paradigmBiologyDynamic natureSecretoryCulmination of decadesCellsAdaptationDiscovery