2022
Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Transport, and Neurodegeneration.
Guillén-Samander A, De Camilli P. Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Transport, and Neurodegeneration. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Biology 2022, 15: a041257. PMID: 36123033, PMCID: PMC10071438, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane contact sitesEndoplasmic reticulumEndoplasmic reticulum membrane contact sitesContact sitesLipid transportER membrane contact sitesCross talkLipid transfer proteinMutations of genesFamilial neurodegenerative diseasesIntracellular membranous organellesEndomembrane systemLipid trafficVesicular transportCell physiologyPlasma membraneMembranous organellesMembrane lipidsLipid exchangeTransfer proteinCell compartmentProteinNeurodegenerative diseasesMultiplicity of rolesDendritic tips
2021
Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers
Ge J, Bian X, Ma L, Cai Y, Li Y, Yang J, Karatekin E, De Camilli P, Zhang Y. Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers. Nature Chemical Biology 2021, 18: 313-320. PMID: 34916620, PMCID: PMC8891060, DOI: 10.1038/s41589-021-00914-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
VPS13A and VPS13C are lipid transport proteins differentially localized at ER contact sites
Kumar N, Leonzino M, Hancock-Cerutti W, Horenkamp FA, Li P, Lees JA, Wheeler H, Reinisch KM, De Camilli P. VPS13A and VPS13C are lipid transport proteins differentially localized at ER contact sites. Journal Of Cell Biology 2018, 217: 3625-3639. PMID: 30093493, PMCID: PMC6168267, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201807019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal portionAutophagy protein ATG2Membrane lipid homeostasisLate endosomes/lysosomesSecondary structure similarityLipid transport proteinsER contact sitesEndosomes/lysosomesHuman VPS13AVPS13 genesVps13Implicating defectsTransport proteinsLipid transportersContact sitesGenetic studiesLipid homeostasisLipid exchangeTransport roleProteinOrganellesVPS13ANeurodegenerative disordersStructure similarityHydrophobic cavity