2024
Overlapping role of synaptophysin and synaptogyrin family proteins in determining the small size of synaptic vesicles
Park D, Fujise K, Wu Y, Luján R, Del Olmo-Cabrera S, Wesseling J, De Camilli P. Overlapping role of synaptophysin and synaptogyrin family proteins in determining the small size of synaptic vesicles. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2409605121. PMID: 38985768, PMCID: PMC11260120, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2409605121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesiclesFamily proteinsBiogenesis of synaptic vesiclesClusters of small vesiclesSize of synaptic vesiclesSynaptogyrin familySynaptogyrin-1Vesicle proteinsSynaptogyrinTransmembrane domainOrganismal levelSmall vesiclesProteinMild defectsVesiclesFamily membersBiogenesisSmall sizeFamilyMiceSynapsinCoexpressionAbundanceSynaptoporinMembers
2022
Novel pathways of intracellular membrane lipid transport and neurodegenerative diseases
De Camilli P. Novel pathways of intracellular membrane lipid transport and neurodegenerative diseases. The FASEB Journal 2022, 36 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.s1.0i152.ChaptersFamily proteinsLipid transportMembrane lipid transportMembrane contact sitesLipid binding modulesLipid transport proteinsLipid trafficRod-like proteinsBinding modulesHydrophobic grooveTransport proteinsContact sitesMembrane lipidsFunction mutationsLipid transferNovel pathwayNeurodevelopmental diseasesProteinVesicular carriersFamily resultsNeurodegenerative diseasesChorea-AcanthocytosisPotential roleNew mechanismMembrane
2020
Role of VPS13, a protein with similarity to ATG2, in physiology and disease
Ugur B, Hancock-Cerutti W, Leonzino M, De Camilli P. Role of VPS13, a protein with similarity to ATG2, in physiology and disease. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2020, 65: 61-68. PMID: 32563856, PMCID: PMC7746581, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutophagy protein ATG2N-terminal halfVPS13 proteinsMolecular functionsCellular processesFamily proteinsVps13Contact sitesAtg2Intracellular organellesFunctional studiesNovel mechanismProteinSimilar roleHydrophobic channelStructural studiesNeurodegenerative disordersPhysiologyDirect transferOrganellesSimilarityMutationsRoleLipidsBilayers