2019
Regulation of axon growth by myosin II–dependent mechanocatalysis of cofilin activity
Zhang XF, Ajeti V, Tsai N, Fereydooni A, Burns W, Murrell M, De La Cruz EM, Forscher P. Regulation of axon growth by myosin II–dependent mechanocatalysis of cofilin activity. Journal Of Cell Biology 2019, 218: 2329-2349. PMID: 31123185, PMCID: PMC6605792, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201810054.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*
Saunders LP, Cao W, Chang WC, Albright RA, Braddock DT, De La Cruz EM. Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 30130-30141. PMID: 21719699, PMCID: PMC3191052, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.246884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLysophosphatidic acidSecreted lysophospholipase DThr-210Synthase cycleVivo substrateSubstrate bindingQuantitative physiological modelsSignaling cascadesPosition 210LPA signalingCatalytic threonineFluorescent lipidLysophospholipase DCancer metastasisSlow catalysisCatalytic pathwayDiazol-4PathwayAutotaxinProduct releaseBindsLPA synthesisFS-3Acid distributionBioactive form