Recently published

• Mitochondrial Connexins and Mitochondrial Contact Sites with Gap Junction Structure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
  Selma Cetin-Ferra (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Kit Neikirk, Andrea Marshall, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• Editorial: the role of mitochondrial endoplasmic reticulum contact sites in human health and disease. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
  Prasanna Katti (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute), Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• A conventional PKC critical for both the light-dependent and the light independent regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in Drosophila photoreceptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry.
  Bih-Hwa Shieh, Wesley Sun, Darwin Ferng.
  
  
• CryoEM structure of a post-assembly MS-ring reveals plasticity in stoichiometry and conformation. PLOS ONE.
  Prashant Singh, Terunaga Nakagawa, Tina Iverson.
  
  
• Prospective on Imaging Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Diagnostics. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.
  Jessica Moore (Frontier Diagnostics), Nathan Heath Patterson, Jeremy Norris, Richard Caprioli.
  
  
• Processive kinetics in the three-step lanosterol 14α-demethylation reaction catalyzed by human cytochrome P450 51A1. Journal of Biological Chemistry.
  Kevin McCarty, Molly Sullivan, Yasuhiro Tateishi, Tatiana Hargrove, Galina Lepesheva, Fred Guengerich.
  
  
• Membrane ruffling is a mechanosensor of extracellular fluid viscosity. Nature Physics.
  Matthew Pittman (Johns Hopkins University), Nilay Taneja, Dylan Burnette.
  
  
• The adhesion GPCRs CELSR1–3 and LPHN3 engage G proteins via distinct activation mechanisms. Cell Reports.
  Duy Lan Huong Bui, Andrew Roach, Elizabeth Orput, Ritika Raghavan, Richard Sando.
  
  
• Dendritic cell therapy augments antitumor immunity triggered by CDK4/6 inhibition and immune checkpoint blockade by unleashing systemic CD4 T-cell responses. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.
  Amrendra Kumar (The Ohio State University), Nabil Saleh, Ann Richmond.
  
  
• HDL Function and Atherosclerosis: Reactive Dicarbonyls as Promising Targets of Therapy. Circulation Research.
  MacRae Linton, Patricia Yancey, Huan Tao, Sean Davies.
  

Preprints

• Mapping Niche-specific Two-Component System Requirements in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. bioRxiv.
  John Brannon, Seth Reasoner, Tomas Bermudez, Taryn Dunigan, Michelle Wiebe, Connor Beebout, Tamia Ross, Adebisi Bamidele, Maria Hadjifrangiskou.
  
  
• Defining Mitochondrial Cristae Morphology Changes Induced by Aging in Brown Adipose Tissue. bioRxiv.
  Amber Crabtree, Kit Neikirk, Andrea Marshall, Larry Vang, Dominique Stephens, Bryanna Shao, Edgar Garza Lopez, Jade Stanley, Danielle Dean, Jennifer Gaddy, Elma Zaganjor, Steven Damo, Zer Vue, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• Optimizing In Situ Proximity Ligation Assays for Mitochondria, ER, or MERC Markers in Skeletal Muscle Tissue and Cells. bioRxiv.
  Dominique Stephens, Amber Crabtree, Heather Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Kit Neikirk, Larry Vang, Zer Vue, Neng Vue, Andrea Marshall, Jennifer Gaddy, Celestine Wanjalla, Steven Damo, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• Components of Isolated Skeletal Muscle Differentiated Through Antibody Validation. bioRxiv.
  Dominique Stephens, Amber Crabtree, Heather Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Larry Vang, Kit Neikirk, Zer Vue, Neng Vue, Andrea Marshall, Jennifer Gaddy, Steven Damo, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• Creating Optimal Conditions for OPA1 isoforms by Western Blot in Muscle Tissue. bioRxiv.
  Dominique Stephens, Amber Crabtree, Heather Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Kit Neikirk, Larry Vang, Zer Vue, Neng Vue, Andrea Marshall, Jennifer Gaddy, Celestine Wanjalla, Steven Damo, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  
  
• Ablation of Sam50 is associated with fragmentation and alterations in metabolism in human myotubes. bioRxiv.
  Zer Vue, Chia Vang, Kit Neikirk, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Larry Vang, Heather Beasley, Andrea Marshall, Amber Crabtree, Dominique Stephens, Steven Damo, Jennifer Gaddy, Antentor Hinton Jr.
  

Highlighted across the web

• An interaction between β′-COP and the ArfGAP, Glo3, maintains post-Golgi cargo recycling. Journal of Cell Biology.
  Boyang Xie, Clara Guillem, Swapneeta Date, Cameron Cohen, Christian Jung, Amy Kendall, Jordan Best, Todd Graham, Lauren Jackson.
  
  Highlighted on the Basic Sciences website.
  
  
• Recombinant PNPLA1 catalyzes the synthesis of acylceramides and acyl acids with selective incorporation of linoleic acid. Journal of Lipid Research.
  Jason Meyer, William Boeglin, Alan Brash.
  
  Highlighted on the VUMC Reporter.
  

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