Insulin degradation: progress and potential

WC Duckworth, RG Bennett, FG Hamel - Endocrine reviews, 1998 - academic.oup.com
B. Kidney C. Other tissues D. Extracellular insulin degradation III. Cellular Insulin Uptake IV.
Cellular Insulin Degradation A. Degradation products B. Assay for insulin degradation C …

Cell polarization and cytokinesis in budding yeast

E Bi, HO Park - Genetics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Asymmetric cell division, which includes cell polarization and cytokinesis, is essential for
generating cell diversity during development. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae …

Bni1p, a yeast formin linking cdc42p and the actin cytoskeleton during polarized morphogenesis

M Evangelista, K Blundell, MS Longtine, CJ Chow… - Science, 1997 - science.org
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae BNI1 gene product (Bni1p) is a member of the formin family
of proteins, which participate in cell polarization, cytokinesis, and vertebrate limb formation …

Central roles of small GTPases in the development of cell polarity in yeast and beyond

HO Park, E Bi - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
The establishment of cell polarity is critical for the development of many organisms and for
the function of many cell types. A large number of studies of diverse organisms from yeast to …

Structures of human insulin-degrading enzyme reveal a new substrate recognition mechanism

Y Shen, A Joachimiak, M Rich Rosner, WJ Tang - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE), a Zn2+-metalloprotease, is involved in the
clearance of insulin and amyloid-β (refs). Loss-of-function mutations of IDE in rodents cause …

Identification and characterization of falcilysin, a metallopeptidase involved in hemoglobin catabolism within the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

KK Eggleson, KL Duffin, DE Goldberg - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999 - ASBMB
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum degrades hemoglobin in its acidic food
vacuole for use as a major nutrient source. A novel metallopeptidase activity, falcilysin, was …

Actomyosin ring formation and tension generation in eukaryotic cytokinesis

TH Cheffings, NJ Burroughs, MK Balasubramanian - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Cell division facilitated by a contractile ring is an almost universal feature across all
branches of cellular life, with the notable exception of higher plants. In all organisms that use …

Cell polarity and morphogenesis in budding yeast

K Madden, M Snyder - Annual review of microbiology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Eukaryotic cells respond to intracellular and extracellular cues to direct
asymmetric cell growth and division. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae undergoes …

Modulation of insulin sensitivity by insulin-degrading enzyme

CM González-Casimiro, B Merino… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed
metalloprotease that degrades insulin and several other intermediate-size peptides. For …

[PDF][PDF] Prelamin A, Zmpste24, misshapen cell nuclei, and progeria—new evidence suggesting that protein farnesylation could be important for disease pathogenesis

SG Young, LG Fong, S Michaelis - J Lipid Res, 2005 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Prelamin A undergoes multistep processing to yield lamin A, a structural protein of the
nuclear lamina. Prelamin A terminates with a CAAX motif, which triggers farnesylation of a C …