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Recent insight into intermediate filament structure
Eldirany SA, Lomakin IB, Ho M, Bunick CG. Recent insight into intermediate filament structure. Current Opinion In Cell Biology 2020, 68: 132-143. PMID: 33190098, PMCID: PMC7925366, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermediate filamentsAssembly mechanismVariable N-terminalMultiple cellular processesCentral rod domainIntermediate filament structureCoil 1BCellular processesStudy of keratinsTail domainFilament assemblyRod domainC-terminalN-terminalElectrostatic surfacePathologic mutationsKey playersFilament structureRecent insightsComplex formationProteinHuman tissuesGlial fibrillary acidic proteinAcidic proteinDomainCrystal structure of the DENR-MCT-1 complex revealed zinc-binding site essential for heterodimer formation
Lomakin IB, Dmitriev SE, Steitz TA. Crystal structure of the DENR-MCT-1 complex revealed zinc-binding site essential for heterodimer formation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 116: 528-533. PMID: 30584092, PMCID: PMC6329987, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1809688116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranslation initiationHeterodimer formationUnconventional translation initiationNoncanonical translation initiationZinc-binding siteMechanism of regulationUpstream reading framesIon-binding sitesRibosome recyclingReading frameTerminal domainTranslation reinitiationCysteine residuesAtomic detailHeterodimersMCT-1Crystal structureSpecific setReinitiationRibosomesProteinCysteineMRNAResiduesSites
2017
EIF1AX and NRAS Mutations Co-occur and Cooperate in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas
Etemadmoghadam D, Azar WJ, Lei Y, Moujaber T, Garsed DW, Kennedy CJ, Fereday S, Mitchell C, Chiew YE, Hendley J, Sharma R, Harnett PR, Li J, Christie EL, Patch AM, George J, Au-Yeung G, Mir Arnau G, Holloway TP, Semple T, Pearson JV, Waddell N, Grimmond SM, Köbel M, Rizos H, Lomakin IB, Bowtell DDL, deFazio A. EIF1AX and NRAS Mutations Co-occur and Cooperate in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 4268-4278. PMID: 28646021, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-2224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade serous ovarian carcinomaSerous ovarian carcinomaRAS pathway mutationsRAS pathway activationCoexpression of mutantWhole-genome sequencingTranslational regulatorOvarian cancerOvarian carcinomaPoor responseInitiation fidelityN-terminusGenome sequencingCancer ResMutational eventsPathway activationPathway mutationsClonogenic survivalMutationsRecurrent mutationsProteinChemotherapyCrystal Structure of the Human Ribosome in Complex with DENR-MCT-1
Lomakin IB, Stolboushkina EA, Vaidya AT, Zhao C, Garber MB, Dmitriev SE, Steitz TA. Crystal Structure of the Human Ribosome in Complex with DENR-MCT-1. Cell Reports 2017, 20: 521-528. PMID: 28723557, PMCID: PMC5551485, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.06.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall ribosomal subunitTranslation initiationRibosomal subunitUnconventional translation initiationInitiation factor 1Cancer-related mRNAsTranslational controlHuman ribosomeTerminal domainReinitiation stepsRibosomesDimer interactsFunctional implicationsFactor 1SubunitsCrystal structureStriking similaritySpecific setComplexesHeterodimersProteinOncoproteinInitiationInteractsMRNA