2025
A quantitative ultrastructural timeline of nuclear autophagy reveals a role for dynamin-like protein 1 at the nuclear envelope
Mannino P, Perun A, Surovtsev I, Ader N, Shao L, Rodriguez E, Melia T, King M, Lusk C. A quantitative ultrastructural timeline of nuclear autophagy reveals a role for dynamin-like protein 1 at the nuclear envelope. Nature Cell Biology 2025, 27: 464-476. PMID: 39920277, PMCID: PMC11908896, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-025-01612-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner nuclear membraneDynamin-like protein 1Membrane fissionNuclear envelopeMembrane fission stepNon-canonical rolesDouble-membrane vesiclesProtein 1Nuclear envelope remodelingLattice light-sheet microscopyFission stepDnm1Nuclear autophagyIntact nucleiPerinuclear spaceNuclear membraneAutophagic mechanismsNucleophagyCorrelative lightLight-sheet microscopyFissionElectron tomographyVesiclesVacuolesAtg11
2021
Atg39 selectively captures inner nuclear membrane into lumenal vesicles for delivery to the autophagosome
Chandra S, Mannino PJ, Thaller DJ, Ader NR, King MC, Melia TJ, Lusk CP. Atg39 selectively captures inner nuclear membrane into lumenal vesicles for delivery to the autophagosome. Journal Of Cell Biology 2021, 220: e202103030. PMID: 34714326, PMCID: PMC8575018, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202103030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutophagosomesAutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsCytoplasmic VesiclesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNuclear EnvelopeProtein DomainsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsStructure-Activity RelationshipTime FactorsVacuolesVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsInner nuclear membraneNuclear envelope lumenOuter nuclear membraneNuclear membraneSplit-GFP reporterNuclear envelope localizationINM proteinsAutophagy apparatusEnvelope localizationLumenal vesiclesLumenal domainCargo adaptorsAtg39Sequence elementsCorrelative lightVesiclesAutophagosomesMembraneNucleophagyAdaptorReporterProteinOverexpressionMotif
2019
ATG2 transports lipids to promote autophagosome biogenesis
Valverde DP, Yu S, Boggavarapu V, Kumar N, Lees JA, Walz T, Reinisch KM, Melia TJ. ATG2 transports lipids to promote autophagosome biogenesis. Journal Of Cell Biology 2019, 218: 1787-1798. PMID: 30952800, PMCID: PMC6548141, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201811139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutophagosomesAutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsBiological TransportCRISPR-Cas SystemsEndoplasmic ReticulumHEK293 CellsHumansLipidsVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsProtein-mediated lipid transferLipid transferLipid transfer proteinTransfers lipidsAutophagosome biogenesisAutophagosome membraneDonor membranesN-terminal fragmentDifferent organellesAutophagy proteinsAutophagosome formationKO cellsContact sitesSpecific machineryLipid homeostasisClear functionAtg2BiogenesisProteinDelivery of lipidsLipidsATG2AMembraneOrganellesAutophagosomes
2000
Close Is Not Enough
McNew J, Weber T, Parlati F, Johnston R, Melia T, Söllner T, Rothman J. Close Is Not Enough. Journal Of Cell Biology 2000, 150: 105-118. PMID: 10893260, PMCID: PMC2185554, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.1.105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigens, SurfaceCross-Linking ReagentsGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsLipid BilayersLiposomesMembrane FusionMembrane ProteinsModels, ChemicalNerve Tissue ProteinsPhospholipidsProtein Structure, TertiaryR-SNARE ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25Syntaxin 1TerpenesVesicular Transport Proteins
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