2021
Insights into VPS13 properties and function reveal a new mechanism of eukaryotic lipid transport
Leonzino M, Reinisch KM, De Camilli P. Insights into VPS13 properties and function reveal a new mechanism of eukaryotic lipid transport. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular And Cell Biology Of Lipids 2021, 1866: 159003. PMID: 34216812, PMCID: PMC8325632, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.159003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutophagosomesAutophagy-Related ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyDisease Models, AnimalEukaryotic CellsHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous SystemHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLipid BilayersLipid MetabolismMitochondrial MembranesMutationProtein DomainsStructure-Activity RelationshipVesicular Transport ProteinsYeastsConceptsLipid transportMembrane contact sitesDomain protein familyOccurrence of proteinsVPS13 proteinsEukaryotic cellsNumerous proteinsProtein familyIntracellular membranesProtein bridgeHydrophobic grooveContact sitesMembrane growthLipid transferBilayer lipidsNovel mechanismVps13New mechanismProteinLipidsAtg2OrganellesAdjacent bilayersDiscoveryMechanism
2017
Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons
Wu Y, Whiteus C, Xu CS, Hayworth KJ, Weinberg RJ, Hess HF, De Camilli P. Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e4859-e4867. PMID: 28559323, PMCID: PMC5474793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701078114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumER–plasma membrane contactsER-PM contactsMembrane contactSmaller focal contactsRegulation of CaInterorganelle communicationOrganelle biogenesisDifferent neuronal compartmentsCell physiologyIntracellular membranesFocal contactsMultivesicular bodiesER contactsIntracellular organellesER cisternaeLipid homeostasisBiochemical studiesTubulovesicular structuresMembrane appositionNeuronal compartmentsImportant functionsMitochondriaReticulumMembrane
1989
Putative receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate similar to ryanodine receptor
Mignery G, Südhof T, Takei K, De Camilli P. Putative receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate similar to ryanodine receptor. Nature 1989, 342: 192-195. PMID: 2554146, DOI: 10.1038/342192a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCalcium ChannelsCerebellumCloning, MolecularFluorescent Antibody TechniqueImmunohistochemistryInositol 1,4,5-TrisphosphateInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ReceptorsIntracellular MembranesMiceMolecular Sequence DataPurkinje CellsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, CholinergicReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearRyanodineRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumCalcium channel proteinsIntracellular second messengerRelative molecular massIntracellular membranesSecond messengerIntracellular compartmentsMolecular massEfficacy of neurotransmissionPutative receptorDirect roleProteinCalcium releaseGrowth factorReticulumDendritic spinesTrisphosphateIntracellular storesPresynaptic terminalsInositolIntracellular calcium storesReceptorsCalcium storesRNA6Immunocytochemistry