Membrane fission by dynamin: what we know and what we need to know

B Antonny, C Burd, P De Camilli, E Chen… - The EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
The large GTP ase dynamin is the first protein shown to catalyze membrane fission.
Dynamin and its related proteins are essential to many cell functions, from endocytosis to …

Mx GTPases: dynamin-like antiviral machines of innate immunity

O Haller, P Staeheli, M Schwemmle, G Kochs - Trends in microbiology, 2015 - cell.com
The Mx dynamin-like GTPases are key antiviral effector proteins of the type I and type III
interferon (IFN) systems. They inhibit several different viruses by blocking early steps of the …

MFN1 structures reveal nucleotide-triggered dimerization critical for mitochondrial fusion

YL Cao, S Meng, Y Chen, JX Feng, DD Gu, B Yu, YJ Li… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Mitochondria are double-membraned organelles with variable shapes influenced by
metabolic conditions, developmental stage, and environmental stimuli,,,. Their dynamic …

Invited review: Mechanisms of GTP hydrolysis and conformational transitions in the dynamin superfamily

O Daumke, GJK Praefcke - Biopolymers, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamin superfamily proteins are multidomain mechano‐chemical GTPases which are
implicated in nucleotide‐dependent membrane remodeling events. A prominent feature of …

Mx genes: host determinants controlling influenza virus infection and trans-species transmission

O Haller, G Kochs - Human genetics, 2020 - Springer
The human MxA protein, encoded by the interferon-inducible MX1 gene, is an intracellular
influenza A virus (IAV) restriction factor. It can protect transgenic mice from severe IAV …

Functional interfaces, biological pathways, and regulations of interferon-related DNA damage resistance signature (IRDS) genes

M Padariya, A Sznarkowska, S Kote, M Gómez-Herranz… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interferon (IFN)-related DNA damage resistant signature (IRDS) genes are a subgroup of
interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) found upregulated in different cancer types, which …

Oligomerization and GTP-binding requirements of MxA for viral target recognition and antiviral activity against influenza A virus

PE Nigg, J Pavlovic - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
The IFN-induced human myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA) exhibits a broad antiviral
activity against many viruses, including influenza A virus (IAV). MxA belongs to the family of …

Human MX2/MxB: a potent interferon-induced postentry inhibitor of herpesviruses and HIV-1

P Staeheli, O Haller - Journal of Virology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Interferons limit viral replication by inducing intracellular restriction factors, such as the
GTPase MxB (also designated MX2), which inhibits HIV-1 and, as recently shown …

A triple-arginine motif in the amino-terminal domain and oligomerization are required for HIV-1 inhibition by human MX2

C Goujon, RA Greenbury, S Papaioannou… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have employed molecular genetic approaches to understand the domain organization of
the HIV-1 resistance factor myxovirus resistance 2 (MX2). First, we describe an essential …

The structural biology of the dynamin‐related proteins: New insights into a diverse, multitalented family

MGJ Ford, JS Chappie - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamin‐related proteins are multidomain, mechanochemical GTPases that self‐assemble
and orchestrate a wide array of cellular processes. Over the past decade, structural insights …