VAP, a versatile access point for the endoplasmic reticulum: review and analysis of FFAT-like motifs in the VAPome

SE Murphy, TP Levine - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dysfunction of VAMP-associated protein (VAP) is associated with neurodegeneration, both
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Here we summarize what is known …

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane contact sites, lipid transport, and neurodegeneration

A Guillén-Samander… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is an endomembrane system that plays a multiplicity of
roles in cell physiology and populates even the most distal cell compartments, including …

Endosome-ER contacts control actin nucleation and retromer function through VAP-dependent regulation of PI4P

R Dong, Y Saheki, S Swarup, L Lucast, JW Harper… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Summary VAP (VAPA and VAPB) is an evolutionarily conserved endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-
anchored protein that helps generate tethers between the ER and other membranes through …

Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains

CJ Obara, J Nixon-Abell, AS Moore, F Riccio… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
To coordinate cellular physiology, eukaryotic cells rely on the rapid exchange of molecules
at specialized organelle–organelle contact sites,. Endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondrial …

Synthetic lethal combination targeting BET uncovered intrinsic susceptibility of TNBC to ferroptosis

N Verma, Y Vinik, A Saroha, NU Nair, E Ruppin… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Identification of targeted therapies for TNBC is an urgent medical need. Using a drug
combination screen reliant on synthetic lethal interactions, we identified clinically relevant …

VAPB interacts with the mitochondrial protein PTPIP51 to regulate calcium homeostasis

KJ De Vos, GM Morotz, R Stoica… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A proline to serine substitution at position 56 in the gene encoding vesicle-associated
membrane protein-associated protein B (VAPB) causes some dominantly inherited familial …

ACBD5 and VAPB mediate membrane associations between peroxisomes and the ER

JL Costello, IG Castro, C Hacker, TA Schrader… - Journal of Cell …, 2017 - rupress.org
Peroxisomes (POs) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) cooperate in cellular lipid
metabolism and form tight structural associations, which were first observed in ultrastructural …

Phospholipid transfer function of PTPIP51 at mitochondria‐associated ER membranes

HK Yeo, TH Park, HY Kim, H Jang, J Lee… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
In eukaryotic cells, mitochondria are closely tethered to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) at
sites called mitochondria‐associated ER membranes (MAMs). Ca2+ ion and phospholipid …

CALCOCO 1 acts with VAMP‐associated proteins to mediate ER‐phagy

TM Nthiga, B Kumar Shrestha, E Sjøttem… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays important roles in protein synthesis and folding, and
calcium storage. The volume of the ER and expression of its resident proteins are increased …

Kv2 potassium channels form endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane junctions via interaction with VAPA and VAPB

B Johnson, AN Leek, L Solé… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Kv2. 1 exhibits two distinct forms of localization patterns on the neuronal plasma membrane:
One population is freely diffusive and regulates electrical activity via voltage-dependent K+ …