Mechanisms of spindle positioning

FJ McNally - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
Accurate positioning of spindles is essential for asymmetric mitotic and meiotic cell divisions
that are crucial for animal development and oocyte maturation, respectively. The …

Membrane microdomains, rafts, and detergent-resistant membranes in plants and fungi

J Malinsky, M Opekarová, G Grossmann… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The existence of specialized microdomains in plasma membranes, postulated for almost 25
years, has been popularized by the concept of lipid or membrane rafts. The idea that …

Ltc1 is an ER-localized sterol transporter and a component of ER–mitochondria and ER–vacuole contacts

A Murley, RD Sarsam, A Toulmay, J Yamada… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - rupress.org
Organelle contact sites perform fundamental functions in cells, including lipid and ion
homeostasis, membrane dynamics, and signaling. Using a forward proteomics approach in …

Fungal membrane organization: the eisosome concept

LM Douglas, JB Konopka - Annual review of microbiology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The fungal plasma membrane is organized into specialized domains that vary in size,
stability, and composition. Membrane compartment of Can1 (MCC)/eisosome domains that …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-sculpting BAR domains generate stable lipid microdomains

H Zhao, A Michelot, EV Koskela, V Tkach, D Stamou… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Summary Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs (BAR) domain proteins are central regulators of many
cellular processes involving membrane dynamics. BAR domains sculpt phosphoinositide …

Fungal plasma membrane domains

A Athanasopoulos, B Andre… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The plasma membrane (PM) performs a plethora of physiological processes, the
coordination of which requires spatial and temporal organization into specialized domains of …

Conformation-dependent partitioning of yeast nutrient transporters into starvation-protective membrane domains

C Gournas, S Gkionis, M Carquin… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The eukaryotic plasma membrane is compartmentalized into domains enriched in specific
lipids and proteins. However, our understanding of the molecular bases and biological roles …

Steric exclusion and protein conformation determine the localization of plasma membrane transporters

F Bianchi, Ł Syga, G Moiset, D Spakman… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The plasma membrane (PM) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains membrane
compartments, MCC/eisosomes and MCPs, named after the protein residents Can1 and …

Plasma membrane MCC/eisosome domains promote stress resistance in fungi

CE Lanze, RM Gandra, JE Foderaro… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is growing appreciation that the plasma membrane orchestrates a diverse array of
functions by segregating different activities into specialized domains that vary in size …

Protein-induced membrane curvature alters local membrane tension

P Rangamani, KK Mandadap, G Oster - Biophysical journal, 2014 - cell.com
Adsorption of proteins onto membranes can alter the local membrane curvature. This
phenomenon has been observed in biological processes such as endocytosis, tubulation …