Chaperonin mechanisms: Multiple and (mis) understood?

A Horovitz, TH Reingewertz, J Cuéllar… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The chaperonins are ubiquitous and essential nanomachines that assist in protein folding in
an ATP-driven manner. They consist of two back-to-back stacked oligomeric rings with …

[HTML][HTML] Maintaining essential microtubule bundles in meter-long axons: a role for local tubulin biogenesis?

LM Pinho-Correia, A Prokop - Brain Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Axons are the narrow, up-to-meter long cellular processes of neurons that form the
biological cables wiring our nervous system. Most axons must survive for an organism's …

Maize tubulin folding cofactor B is required for cell division and cell growth through modulating microtubule homeostasis

Q Zhou, Z Fu, M Li, Q Shen, C Sun, Y Feng… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tubulin folding cofactors (TFCs) are required for tubulin folding, α/β tubulin heterodimer
formation, and microtubule (MT) dynamics in yeast and mammals. However, the functions of …

Colchicine blocks tubulin heterodimer recycling by tubulin cofactors TBCA, TBCB, and TBCE

S Nolasco, J Bellido, M Serna, B Carmona… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colchicine has been used to treat gout and, more recently, to effectively prevent
autoinflammatory diseases and both primary and recurrent episodes of pericarditis. The anti …

The structure of the complex between α‐tubulin, TBCE and TBCB reveals a tubulin dimer dissociation mechanism

M Serna, G Carranza, J Martín-Benito… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Tubulin proteostasis is regulated by a group of molecular chaperones termed tubulin
cofactors (TBC). Whereas tubulin heterodimer formation is well‐characterized biochemically …

Cullin 7 is a predictor of poor prognosis in breast cancer patients and is involved in the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells by regulating the cell cycle and …

N Qiu, Y He, S Zhang, X Hu, M Chen… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Cullin 7 is the 'scaffold'of the cullin-RING-based E3 ligases which catalyze the final step of
the ubiquitination cascade in eukaryotic organisms. Although one study has reported the …

[HTML][HTML] ERK1/2 Signalling Pathway Regulates Tubulin-Binding Cofactor B Expression and Affects Astrocyte Process Formation after Acute Foetal Alcohol Exposure

Y Zheng, J Huo, M Yang, G Zhang, S Wan, X Chen… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a spectrum of neurological disorders whose
neurological symptoms, besides the neuronal damage caused by alcohol, may also be …

[HTML][HTML] Depletion of end-binding protein 1 (EB1) promotes apoptosis of human non-small-cell lung cancer cells via reactive oxygen species and Bax-mediated …

MJ Kim, HS Yun, EH Hong, SJ Lee, JH Baek, CW Lee… - Cancer Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Although end-binding protein 1 (EB1) is well known to regulate microtubule dynamics, the
role of EB1 in apoptosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poorly understood. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Isoform-Level Transcriptome Analysis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Breast Cancer Patients Identifies a Disease-Associated RASGEF1A …

H Čelešnik, M Gorenjak, M Krušič, B Crnobrnja… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Peripheral blood analyses can offer a minimally invasive view into
systemic immunity during cancer and can lead to the identification of biomarkers for cancer …

HILI destabilizes microtubules by suppressing phosphorylation and Gigaxonin-mediated degradation of TBCB

H Tan, H Liao, L Zhao, Y Lu, S Jiang, D Tao, Y Liu… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Human PIWIL2, aka HILI, is a member of PIWI protein family and overexpresses in various
tumors. However, the underlying mechanisms of HILI in tumorigenesis remain largely …