Shiga toxin (Stx) classification, structure, and function

AR Melton-Celsa - Microbiology spectrum, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shiga toxin (Stx) is one of the most potent bacterial toxins known. Stx is found in Shigella
dysenteriae 1 and in some serogroups of Escherichia coli (called Stx1 in E. coli). In addition …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinase inhibition as a cancer therapeutic strategy

P D'Arcy, X Wang, S Linder - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the main system for controlled protein
degradation and a key regulator of fundamental cellular processes. The dependency of …

Inhibitors of the Sec61 complex and novel high throughput screening strategies to target the protein translocation pathway

E Pauwels, R Schülein, K Vermeire - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Proteins targeted to the secretory pathway start their intracellular journey by being
transported across biological membranes such as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). A central …

Eeyarestatin compounds selectively enhance Sec61-mediated Ca2+ leakage from the endoplasmic reticulum

I Gamayun, S O'Keefe, T Pick, MC Klein, D Nguyen… - Cell chemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Summary Eeyarestatin 1 (ES1) inhibits p97-dependent protein degradation, Sec61-
dependent protein translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and vesicular transport …

Inhibitors of protein translocation across membranes of the secretory pathway: novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents

V Van Puyenbroeck, K Vermeire - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Proteins routed to the secretory pathway start their journey by being transported across
biological membranes, such as the endoplasmic reticulum. The essential nature of this …

Dual action of eeyarestatin 24 on sec-dependent protein secretion and bacterial DNA

AB Schäfer, M Steenhuis, KK Jim, J Neef… - ACS infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Eeyarestatin 24 (ES24) is a promising new antibiotic with broad-spectrum activity. It shares
structural similarity with nitrofurantoin (NFT), yet appears to have a distinct and novel …

Synthesis of fluorophores that target small molecules to the endoplasmic reticulum of living mammalian cells

JM Meinig, L Fu, BR Peterson - Angewandte Chemie, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays critical roles in the processing of secreted and
transmembrane proteins. To deliver small molecules to this organelle, we synthesized …

Natural products as modulators of eukaryotic protein secretion

H Luesch, VO Paavilainen - Natural product reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2019 Diverse natural product small molecules have allowed
critical insights into processes that govern eukaryotic cells' ability to secrete cytosolically …

A vaccination with boosted cross presentation by ER‐targeted antigen delivery for anti‐tumor immunotherapy

Y Shi, C Zhu, Y Liu, Y Lu, X Li, B Qin… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccination is a widely‐accepted resort against the invasion or proliferation of bacteria,
parasites, viruses, and even cancer, which accounts heavily on an active involvement of …

TRC40 can deliver short secretory proteins to the Sec61 translocon

N Johnson, F Vilardi, S Lang, P Leznicki… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Whilst the co-translational translocation of nascent proteins across the mammalian
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is well defined, the capacity of this organelle for post …