The structural biology of septins and their filaments: an update

IA Cavini, DA Leonardo, HVD Rosa… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In order to fully understand any complex biochemical system from a mechanistic point of
view, it is necessary to have access to the three-dimensional structures of the molecular …

Septin structure and filament assembly

NF Valadares, H d' Muniz Pereira, AP Ulian Araujo… - Biophysical …, 2017 - Springer
Septins are able to polymerize into long apolar filaments and have long been considered to
be a component of the cytoskeleton alongside intermediate filaments (which are also apolar …

Septins

MP Estey, MS Kim, WS Trimble - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
Septins are a family of proteins highly conserved in eukaryotes that have been under
intense scrutiny lately because they appear to comprise a novel component of the …

Orientational ambiguity in septin coiled coils and its structural basis

DA Leonardo, IA Cavini, FA Sala, DC Mendonça… - Journal of molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Septins are an example of subtle molecular recognition whereby different paralogues must
correctly assemble into functional filaments important for essential cellular events such as …

Septin C-terminal domain interactions: implications for filament stability and assembly

I de Almeida Marques, NF Valadares, W Garcia… - Cell biochemistry and …, 2012 - Springer
Septins form a conserved family of filament forming GTP binding proteins found in a wide
range of eukaryotic cells. They share a common structural architecture consisting of an N …

The state of the septin cytoskeleton from assembly to function

BL Woods, AS Gladfelter - Current opinion in cell biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Septins are conserved guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that polymerize into filaments at
the cell cortex or in association with other cytoskeletal proteins, such as actin or …

Septins: the fourth component of the cytoskeleton

S Mostowy, P Cossart - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Septins belong to a family of proteins that is highly conserved in eukaryotes and is
increasingly recognized as a novel component of the cytoskeleton. All septins are GTP …

Cell and molecular biology of septins

KYY Fung, L Dai, WS Trimble - International review of cell and molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins that assemble into cytoskeletal filaments.
Unlike other cytoskeletal components, septins form ordered arrays of defined stoichiometry …

Heterotypic coiled-coil formation is essential for the correct assembly of the septin heterofilament

FA Sala, NF Valadares, JNA Macedo, JC Borges… - Biophysical journal, 2016 - cell.com
Protein-protein interactions play a critical role in promoting the stability of protein quaternary
structure and in the assembly of large macromolecular complexes. What drives the …

The mammalian septin interactome

K Neubauer, B Zieger - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Septins are GTP-binding and membrane-interacting proteins with a highly conserved
domain structure involved in various cellular processes, including cytoskeleton organization …