Contraction of striated muscle is triggered by a massive release of calcium from the
sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) into the cytoplasm. This intracellular calcium release is initiated …

Highlights•Phospholipids remodel the protein landscape of cells by acting as scaffold agents
and by changing chemo-physical properties of the plasma membrane.•Phospholipids and …

Junctophilins (JPH) are a class of proteins found at junctions between the plasma
membrane and the endoplasmic or sarcoplasmic reticulum, allowing for communications …

For dispersal and host infection plant pathogens largely depend on asexual spores.
Pathogenesis and sporulation are complex processes that are governed by cellular …

Chloroplast division is initiated by assembly of the stromal Z ring, composed of cytoskeletal
Filamenting temperature-sensitive Z (FtsZ) proteins. Midplastid Z-ring positioning is …

Trypanosoma brucei is a uniflagellated protist and the causative agent of African
trypanosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease. The single flagellum of T. brucei is essential …

Summary PtdIns‐4, 5‐bisphosphate is a lipid messenger of eukaryotic cells that plays a
critical role in processes such as cytoskeleton organization, intracellular vesicular trafficking …

Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) is involved not only in the structural composition of eukaryotic
cellular membranes but also in the regulation of a wide variety of physiological processes …

Phosphatidylinositol (4, 5) bisphosphate,[PtdIns (4, 5) P 2], is a signaling lipid involved in
many important processes in animal cells such as cytoskeleton organization, intracellular …

Phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase (PIPK) catalyzes a key step controlling cellular
contents of phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate [PtdIns (4, 5) P2], a critical intracellular …