Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

VCP and ATL1 regulate endoplasmic reticulum and protein synthesis for dendritic spine formation

  • Yu-Tzu Shih,
  • Yi-Ping Hsueh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Protein homeostasis is crucial for maintaining a variety of cellular functions. Here the authors show that valosin-containing protein and its cofactors regulate tubular ER formation and protein synthesis efficiency, thereby control dendritic spine formation in neurons.