Mitochondrial fusion: the machineries in and out

S Gao, J Hu - Trends in cell biology, 2021 - cell.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that constantly undergo fission and fusion.
Disruption of mitochondrial dynamics undermines their function and causes several human …

How cells fuse

NG Brukman, B Uygur, B Podbilewicz… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - rupress.org
Cell–cell fusion remains the least understood type of membrane fusion process. However,
the last few years have brought about major advances in understanding fusion between …

Mechanism of membrane-curvature generation by ER-tubule shaping proteins

N Wang, LD Clark, Y Gao, MM Kozlov… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) network consists of tubules with high membrane curvature
in cross-section, generated by the reticulons and REEPs. These proteins have two pairs of …

Structural insights into the mechanism of dynamin superfamily proteins

JR Jimah, JE Hinshaw - Trends in Cell Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Dynamin superfamily proteins (DSPs) mediate membrane fission and fusion necessary for
endocytosis, organelle biogenesis and maintenance, as well as for bacterial cytokinesis …

Reconstitution of the tubular endoplasmic reticulum network with purified components

RE Powers, S Wang, TY Liu, TA Rapoport - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Organelles display characteristic morphologies that are intimately tied to their cellular
function, but how organelles are shaped is poorly understood. The endoplasmic reticulum is …

Myomerger promotes fusion pore by elastic coupling between proximal membrane leaflets and hemifusion diaphragm

G Golani, E Leikina, K Melikov, JM Whitlock… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Myomerger is a muscle-specific membrane protein involved in formation of multinucleated
muscle cells by mediating the transition from the early hemifusion stage to complete fusion …

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 …

ER-shaping atlastin proteins act as central hubs to promote flavivirus replication and virion assembly

CJ Neufeldt, M Cortese, P Scaturro, B Cerikan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Flaviviruses, including dengue virus and Zika virus, extensively remodel the cellular
endomembrane network to generate replication organelles that promote viral genome …

Atlastin-mediated membrane tethering is critical for cargo mobility and exit from the endoplasmic reticulum

L Niu, T Ma, F Yang, B Yan, X Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane junctions are formed by the dynamin-like GTPase
atlastin (ATL). Deletion of ATL results in long unbranched ER tubules in cells, and mutation …

Human atlastin-3 is a constitutive ER membrane fusion catalyst

S Bryce, M Stolzer, D Crosby, R Yang, D Durand… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Homotypic membrane fusion catalyzed by the atlastin (ATL) GTPase sustains the branched
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) network in metazoans. Our recent discovery that two of the three …