A protein called coat protein II (COPII; green) forms vesicles that transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi. A different protein called coat protein I (COPI; red) forms vesicles ...
PDAT enzymes use membrane phospholipids as direct fatty acid donors to generate triglycerides stored in lipid droplets. This ...
A recent research collaboration between multiple Japanese institutions has developed a technique to facilitate the study of protein biogenesis at the endoplasmic reticulum ... various fields related ...
Often presented together with obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, these chronic diseases are strongly influenced by pathways ... in the study of endoplasmic reticulum stress as ...
Research areas: Membrane traffic and vesicle recognition in the early secretory pathway ... nucleus, mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum). Each of these organelles is ...
A newly developed luciferase-based reporter can detect problems in protein translocation and disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic ... of harmful secretory pathway proteins," says Kadokura.