2023
Turbocharging synaptic transmission
Rothman J, Grushin K, Bera M, Pincet F. Turbocharging synaptic transmission. FEBS Letters 2023, 597: 2233-2249. PMID: 37643878, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoles for diacylglycerol in synaptic vesicle priming and release revealed by complete reconstitution of core protein machinery
Sundaram R, Chatterjee A, Bera M, Grushin K, Panda A, Li F, Coleman J, Lee S, Ramakrishnan S, Ernst A, Gupta K, Rothman J, Krishnakumar S. Roles for diacylglycerol in synaptic vesicle priming and release revealed by complete reconstitution of core protein machinery. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2309516120. PMID: 37590407, PMCID: PMC10450444, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309516120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore protein machineryRelease-ready vesiclesSynaptic vesicle primingVesicle primingProtein machinerySingle-molecule imagingSNAREpin assemblyFunctional intermediatesFunctional reconstitutionMunc13DiacylglycerolCoordinated actionMunc18VesiclesMachineryComplete reconstitutionNew roleSelective effectDetailed characterizationChaperonesRate of caReconstitutionVAMP2ComplexinMutations
2014
Lack of recombinant factor VIII B‐domain induces phospholipid vesicle aggregation: implications for the immunogenicity of factor VIII
Grushin K, Miller J, Dalm D, Parker E, Healey J, Lollar P, Stoilova-McPhie S. Lack of recombinant factor VIII B‐domain induces phospholipid vesicle aggregation: implications for the immunogenicity of factor VIII. Haemophilia 2014, 20: 723-731. PMID: 24750465, PMCID: PMC4149818, DOI: 10.1111/hae.12421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFVIII formsB domainFVIII-BDDPhospholipid vesicle aggregationFactor VIII B domainCryo-electron microscopyMembrane-bound statePhospholipid vesiclesMembrane-bound formSerine protease factor IXaPhysiological conditionsFVIII B domainSecondary structure distributionCryo-EMVesicle aggregationBiophysical propertiesCircular dichroismProtein therapeuticsVesiclesTenase complexPhospholipid membranesPlatelet surfaceHuman factor VIIIFactor IXaHereditary bleeding disorders