Function and regulation of the divisome for mitochondrial fission

F Kraus, K Roy, TJ Pucadyil, MT Ryan - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria form dynamic networks in the cell that are balanced by the flux of iterative
fusion and fission events of the organelles. It is now appreciated that mitochondrial fission …

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics

LC Tábara, M Segawa, J Prudent - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondria not only synthesize energy required for cellular functions but are also involved
in numerous cellular pathways including apoptosis, calcium homoeostasis, inflammation …

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 …

Mass photometry enables label-free tracking and mass measurement of single proteins on lipid bilayers

EDB Foley, MS Kushwah, G Young, P Kukura - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
The quantification of membrane-associated biomolecular interactions is crucial to our
understanding of various cellular processes. State-of-the-art single-molecule approaches …

Lipid–protein interactions in plasma membrane organization and function

T Sych, KR Levental, E Sezgin - Annual review of biophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Lipid–protein interactions in cells are involved in various biological processes, including
metabolism, trafficking, signaling, host–pathogen interactions, and transmembrane …

Time-resolved cryo-EM using Spotiton

VP Dandey, WC Budell, H Wei, D Bobe, K Maruthi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We present an approach for preparing cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) grids to study
short-lived molecular states. Using piezoelectric dispensing, two independent streams of …

[HTML][HTML] Computational modeling of membrane trafficking processes: From large molecular assemblies to chemical specificity

D Alvarez, J Sapia, S Vanni - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decade, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become an essential tool to
investigate the molecular properties of membrane trafficking processes, often in conjunction …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis

Y Imoto, S Raychaudhuri, Y Ma, P Fenske, E Sandoval… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Dynamin mediates fission of vesicles from the plasma membrane during endocytosis.
Typically, dynamin is recruited from the cytosol to endocytic sites, requiring seconds to tens …

Energy and dynamics of caveolae trafficking

C Matthaeus, JW Taraska - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Caveolae are 70–100 nm diameter plasma membrane invaginations found in abundance in
adipocytes, endothelial cells, myocytes, and fibroblasts. Their bulb-shaped membrane …

Structure and assembly of the mitochondrial membrane remodelling GTPase Mgm1

K Faelber, L Dietrich, JK Noel, F Wollweber, AK Pfitzner… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Balanced fusion and fission are key for the proper function and physiology of mitochondria,.
Remodelling of the mitochondrial inner membrane is mediated by the dynamin-like protein …