How is alpha‐synuclein cleared from the cell?

L Stefanis, E Emmanouilidou… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The levels and conformers of alpha‐synuclein are critical in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's
Disease and related synucleinopathies. Homeostatic mechanisms in protein degradation …

The DLGAP family: neuronal expression, function and role in brain disorders

AH Rasmussen, HB Rasmussen, A Silahtaroglu - Molecular brain, 2017 - Springer
The neurotransmitter glutamate facilitates neuronal signalling at excitatory synapses.
Glutamate is released from the presynaptic membrane into the synaptic cleft. Across the …

UbiSite approach for comprehensive map** of lysine and N-terminal ubiquitination sites

V Akimov, I Barrio-Hernandez, SVF Hansen… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification (PTM) that is essential for balancing
numerous physiological processes. To enable delineation of protein ubiquitination at a site …

Highly multiplexed quantitative mass spectrometry analysis of ubiquitylomes

CM Rose, M Isasa, A Ordureau, MA Prado… - Cell systems, 2016 - cell.com
System-wide quantitative analysis of ubiquitylomes has proven to be a valuable tool for
elucidating targets and mechanisms of the ubiquitin-driven signaling systems, as well as …

Dynamic regulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors by posttranslational modifications

MP Lussier, A Sanz-Clemente, KW Roche - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - jbc.org
Many molecular mechanisms underlie the changes in synaptic glutamate receptor content
that are required by neuronal networks to generate cellular correlates of learning and …

Rapid and deep-scale ubiquitylation profiling for biology and translational research

ND Udeshi, DC Mani, S Satpathy, S Fereshetian… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein ubiquitylation is involved in a plethora of cellular processes. While antibodies
directed at ubiquitin remnants (K-ɛ-GG) have improved the ability to monitor ubiquitylation …

Ubiquitin signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an autophagy and proteasome perspective

F Le Guerroué, RJ Youle - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitin signaling is a sequence of events driving the fate of a protein based on the type of
ubiquitin modifications attached. In the case of neurodegenerative diseases, ubiquitin …

The GTPase Rab26 links synaptic vesicles to the autophagy pathway

B Binotti, NJ Pavlos, D Riedel, D Wenzel… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Small GTPases of the Rab family not only regulate target recognition in membrane traffic but
also control other cellular functions such as cytoskeletal transport and autophagy. Here we …

Deubiquitinase Usp8 regulates α-synuclein clearance and modifies its toxicity in Lewy body disease

Z Alexopoulou, J Lang, RM Perrett, M Elschami… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
In Parkinson's disease, misfolded α-synuclein accumulates, often in a ubiquitinated form, in
neuronal inclusions termed Lewy bodies. An important outstanding question is whether …

Monitoring α-synuclein ubiquitination dynamics reveals key endosomal effectors mediating its trafficking and degradation

D Zenko, J Marsh, AR Castle, R Lewin, R Fischer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
While defective α-synuclein homeostasis is central to Parkinson's pathogenesis,
fundamental questions about its degradation remain unresolved. We have developed a …