2020
Scaffold association factor B (SAFB) is required for expression of prenyltransferases and RAS membrane association
Zhou M, Kuruvilla L, Shi X, Viviano S, Ahearn IM, Amendola CR, Su W, Badri S, Mahaffey J, Fehrenbacher N, Skok J, Schlessinger J, Turk BE, Calderwood DA, Philips MR. Scaffold association factor B (SAFB) is required for expression of prenyltransferases and RAS membrane association. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 31914-31922. PMID: 33257571, PMCID: PMC7749360, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005712117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesCell MembraneComputational BiologyCRISPR-Cas SystemsDatasets as TopicDimethylallyltranstransferaseGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMatrix Attachment Region Binding ProteinsNeoplasmsNuclear Matrix-Associated ProteinsProtein PrenylationProtein SubunitsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptors, EstrogenConceptsMembrane associationRAS membrane associationFarnesyltransferase inhibitorsPrenylation pathwayGenome-wide CRISPRGTP loadingAlternative prenylationMutant cellsNuclear proteinsKRAS membrane associationsRAS isoformsΑ-subunitGrowth inhibitionExpressionFactor BPathwayAnticancer therapyAlternative therapeutic strategiesPrenyltransferasesRASTherapeutic strategiesCRISPRFarnesyltransferaseMislocalizationPrenylation
2015
CCM2–CCM3 interaction stabilizes their protein expression and permits endothelial network formation
Draheim KM, Li X, Zhang R, Fisher OS, Villari G, Boggon TJ, Calderwood DA. CCM2–CCM3 interaction stabilizes their protein expression and permits endothelial network formation. Journal Of Cell Biology 2015, 208: 987-1001. PMID: 25825518, PMCID: PMC4384732, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201407129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBinding SitesCarrier ProteinsCell LineCell ProliferationCentral Nervous SystemCrystallography, X-RayGene ExpressionHemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous SystemHumansMembrane ProteinsMutagenesisNeovascularization, PhysiologicPaxillinProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProtein Structure, TertiaryProteolysisProto-Oncogene ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingSequence AlignmentConceptsBinding-deficient mutantStructure-guided mutagenesisNormal cell growthCerebral cavernous malformationsEndothelial network formationHomology domainCCM3 proteinsProteasomal degradationEndothelial cell network formationMolecular basisCell network formationEssential adaptorCell growthFunctional significanceCCM3 expressionX-ray crystallographyProtein expressionCCM2CCM3Network formationExpressionMutantsHP1MutagenesisAdaptor