[HTML][HTML] Biogenesis of thylakoid membranes

A Rast, S Heinz, J Nickelsen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thylakoids mediate photosynthetic electron transfer and represent one of the most elaborate
energy-transducing membrane systems. Despite our detailed knowledge of its structure and …

The evolution of autophagy proteins–diversification in eukaryotes and potential ancestors in prokaryotes

S Zhang, Y Hama, N Mizushima - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Autophagy is a degradative pathway for cytoplasmic constituents, and is conserved across
eukaryotes. Autophagy-related (ATG) genes have undergone extensive multiplications and …

Regulation of ER‐derived membrane dynamics by the DedA domain‐containing proteins VMP1 and TMEM41B

Y Hama, H Morishita, N Mizushima - EMBO reports, 2022 - embopress.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a central hub for the biogenesis of various organelles
and lipid‐containing structures. Recent studies suggest that vacuole membrane protein 1 …

Evolution and insights into the structure and function of the DedA superfamily containing TMEM41B and VMP1

F Okawa, Y Hama, S Zhang, H Morishita… - Journal of cell …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT TMEM41B and VMP1 are endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localizing multi-spanning
membrane proteins required for ER-related cellular processes such as autophagosome …

[HTML][HTML] Specific interaction of IM30/Vipp1 with cyanobacterial and chloroplast membranes results in membrane remodeling and eventually in membrane fusion

J Heidrich, A Thurotte, D Schneider - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2017 - Elsevier
The photosynthetic light reaction takes place within the thylakoid membrane system in
cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. Besides its global importance, the biogenesis, maintenance …

Cyanobacterial membrane dynamics in the light of eukaryotic principles

C Siebenaller, D Schneider - Bioscience Reports, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Intracellular compartmentalization is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells. Dynamic membrane
remodeling, involving membrane fission/fusion events, clearly is crucial for cell viability and …

[HTML][HTML] In silico prediction of structure and function for a large family of transmembrane proteins that includes human Tmem41b

S Mesdaghi, DL Murphy, FS Rodríguez… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Recent strides in computational structural biology have opened up an
opportunity to understand previously uncharacterised proteins. The under-representation of …

[HTML][HTML] Chloroplast vesicle transport

E Lindquist, H Aronsson - Photosynthesis Research, 2018 - Springer
Photosynthesis is a well-known process that has been intensively investigated, but less is
known about the biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane that harbors the photosynthetic …

When two turn into one: evolution of membrane transporters from half modules

R Keller, C Ziegler, D Schneider - Biological chemistry, 2014 - degruyter.com
The recently increasing number of atomic structures for active transporters has not only
revealed strong conservation in the architecture of sequence-unrelated transporter families …

Plastid protein targeting: preprotein recognition and translocation

P Chotewutmontri, K Holbrook, BD Bruce - International review of cell and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic organisms are defined by their endomembrane system and various organelles.
The membranes that define these organelles require complex protein sorting and molecular …