2022
Quantification of Protein Exit at the Trans-Golgi Network
Tran M, Kim Y, von Blume J. Quantification of Protein Exit at the Trans-Golgi Network. Methods In Molecular Biology 2022, 2557: 583-594. PMID: 36512239, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2639-9_35.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrans-Golgi networkProtein exportSecretory pathwaySelective hooks (RUSH) systemCell biological approachesProtein of interestPulse-chase experimentsProtein exitProtein sortingExport kineticsCellular homeostasisProtein transportDifferent cargoesLive cellsBiological approachesRUSH systemProteinPathwayTraffickingHomeostasisExportCargoSortingCompartmentsCellsPathogenic variants of sphingomyelin synthase SMS2 disrupt lipid landscapes in the secretory pathway
Sokoya T, Parolek J, Foged M, Danylchuk D, Bozan M, Sarkar B, Hilderink A, Philippi M, Botto L, Terhal P, Mäkitie O, Piehler J, Kim Y, Burd C, Klymchenko A, Maeda K, Holthuis J. Pathogenic variants of sphingomyelin synthase SMS2 disrupt lipid landscapes in the secretory pathway. ELife 2022, 11: e79278. PMID: 36102623, PMCID: PMC9531943, DOI: 10.7554/elife.79278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecretory pathwayER export signalPatient-derived fibroblastsFull enzymatic activityPhysical membrane propertiesExport signalSterol gradientLipid landscapeMammalian cellsCholesterol organizationLipid orderEnzymatic activityLipid distributionOsteogenic cellsPathwayBone phenotypeSMS2Glycerophospholipid profilePathogenic variantsCellsVariantsSphingomyelinSkeletal dysplasiaERSphingolipids
2018
Endoplasmic reticulum acyltransferase with prokaryotic substrate preference contributes to triacylglycerol assembly in Chlamydomonas
Kim Y, Terng EL, Riekhof WR, Cahoon EB, Cerutti H. Endoplasmic reticulum acyltransferase with prokaryotic substrate preference contributes to triacylglycerol assembly in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 1652-1657. PMID: 29382746, PMCID: PMC5816170, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715922115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnicellular green algaEndoplasmic reticulum membraneLysophosphatidic acid acyltransferaseChloroplastic pathwayPrecursor biosynthesisTAG precursorsNitrogen deprivationTriacylglycerol assemblyAssembly pathwayGreen algaTAG accumulationAcid acyltransferaseAcyl donor substratesReticulum membraneBiomaterial productionDonor substrateChlamydomonasTriacylglycerol metabolismPalmitoyl-CoAAcyltransferasePathwayMajor roleBiosynthesisAlgaRNA