Generation of nanoscopic membrane curvature for membrane trafficking

MM Kozlov, JW Taraska - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
Curved membranes are key features of intracellular organelles, and their generation
involves dynamic protein complexes. Here we describe the fundamental mechanisms such …

Membrane curvature as a signal to ensure robustness of diverse cellular processes

RC Cail, DG Drubin - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
An increasing corpus of research has demonstrated that membrane shape, generated either
by the external environment of the cell or by intrinsic mechanisms such as cytokinesis and …

Clathrin coats partially preassemble and subsequently bend during endocytosis

M Mund, A Tschanz, YL Wu, F Frey, JL Mehl… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Eukaryotic cells use clathrin-mediated endocytosis to take up a large range of extracellular
cargo. During endocytosis, a clathrin coat forms on the plasma membrane, but it remains …

The structure and spontaneous curvature of clathrin lattices at the plasma membrane

KA Sochacki, BL Heine, GJ Haber, JR Jimah… - Developmental Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is the primary pathway for receptor and cargo internalization
in eukaryotic cells. It is characterized by a polyhedral clathrin lattice that coats budding …

Actin polymerization promotes invagination of flat clathrin-coated lattices in mammalian cells by pushing at lattice edges

C Yang, P Colosi, S Hugelier, D Zabezhinsky… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) requires energy input from actin polymerization in
mechanically challenging conditions. The roles of actin in CME are poorly understood due to …

Induced nanoscale membrane curvature bypasses the essential endocytic function of clathrin

RC Cail, CR Shirazinejad, DG Drubin - Journal of Cell Biology, 2022 - rupress.org
During clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), flat plasma membrane is remodeled to
produce nanometer-scale vesicles. The mechanisms underlying this remodeling are not …

Insights into membrane curvature sensing and membrane remodeling by intrinsically disordered proteins and protein regions

C Has, P Sivadas, SL Das - The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2022 - Springer
Cellular membranes are highly dynamic in shape. They can rapidly and precisely regulate
their shape to perform various cellular functions. The protein's ability to sense membrane …

Recent developments in membrane curvature sensing and induction by proteins

C Has, SL Das - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Membrane-bound intracellular organelles have characteristic shapes attributed
to different local membrane curvatures, and these attributes are conserved across species …

Imaging vesicle formation dynamics supports the flexible model of clathrin-mediated endocytosis

TJ Nawara, YD Williams, TC Rao, Y Hu, E Sztul… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Clathrin polymerization and changes in plasma membrane architecture are necessary steps
in forming vesicles to internalize cargo during clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) …

Recruitment of clathrin to intracellular membranes is sufficient for vesicle formation

C Küey, M Sittewelle, G Larocque… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The formation of a clathrin-coated vesicle (CCV) is a major membrane remodeling process
that is crucial for membrane traffic in cells. Besides clathrin, these vesicles contain at least …