Rab family of small GTPases: an updated view on their regulation and functions

Y Homma, S Hiragi, M Fukuda - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Rab family of small GTPases regulates intracellular membrane trafficking by
orchestrating the biogenesis, transport, tethering, and fusion of membrane‐bound …

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): Regulation, homeostasis, and oxidative stress response

NA Snyder, GM Silva - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Ubiquitin signaling is a conserved, widespread, and dynamic process in which protein
substrates are rapidly modified by ubiquitin to impact protein activity, localization, or stability …

MAL2 drives immune evasion in breast cancer by suppressing tumor antigen presentation

Y Fang, L Wang, C Wan, Y Sun… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Immune evasion is a pivotal event in tumor progression. To eliminate human cancer cells,
current immune checkpoint therapy is set to boost CD8+ T cell–mediated cytotoxicity …

Crosstalk between autophagy inhibitors and endosome-related secretory pathways: a challenge for autophagy-based treatment of solid cancers

M Raudenska, J Balvan, M Masarik - Molecular Cancer, 2021 - Springer
Autophagy is best known for its role in organelle and protein turnover, cell quality control,
and metabolism. The autophagic machinery has, however, also adapted to enable protein …

Oligomerization‐driven MLKL ubiquitylation antagonizes necroptosis

Z Liu, LF Dagley, K Shield‐Artin, SN Young… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Mixed lineage kinase domain‐like (MLKL) is the executioner in the caspase‐independent
form of programmed cell death called necroptosis. Receptor‐interacting serine/threonine …

Human VAPome analysis reveals MOSPD1 and MOSPD3 as membrane contact site proteins interacting with FFAT-related FFNT motifs

B Cabukusta, I Berlin, DM van Elsland, I Forkink… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Membrane contact sites (MCS) are intracellular regions where two organelles come closer
to exchange information and material. The majority of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) MCS …

RUFY3 links Arl8b and JIP4-Dynein complex to regulate lysosome size and positioning

G Kumar, P Chawla, N Dhiman, S Chadha… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The bidirectional movement of lysosomes on microtubule tracks regulates their whole-cell
spatial arrangement. Arl8b, a small GTP-binding (G) protein, promotes lysosome …

Non-proteolytic ubiquitylation in cellular signaling and human disease

Y Liao, I Sumara, E Pangou - Communications Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins
that frequently targets substrates for proteasomal degradation. However it can also result in …

Targeting small GTPases: emerging grasps on previously untamable targets, pioneered by KRAS

G Yin, J Huang, J Petela, H Jiang, Y Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Small GTPases including Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf, and Ran are omnipresent molecular
switches in regulating key cellular functions. Their dysregulation is a therapeutic target for …

SKIP‐HOPS recruits TBC 1D15 for a Rab7‐to‐Arl8b identity switch to control late endosome transport

MLM Jongsma, J Bakker, B Cabukusta, N Liv… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
The endolysosomal system fulfils a myriad of cellular functions predicated on regulated
membrane identity progressions, collectively termed maturation. Mature or “late” endosomes …