Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Identification of intracellular cavin target proteins reveals cavin-PP1alpha interactions regulate apoptosis

  • Kerrie-Ann McMahon,
  • Yeping Wu,
  • Yann Gambin,
  • Emma Sierecki,
  • Vikas A. Tillu,
  • Thomas Hall,
  • Nick Martel,
  • Satomi Okano,
  • Shayli Varasteh Moradi,
  • Jayde E. Ruelcke,
  • Charles Ferguson,
  • Alpha S. Yap,
  • Kirill Alexandrov,
  • Michelle M. Hill,
  • Robert G. Parton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11111-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Caveolae are plasma membrane invaginations containing cavin proteins that are disrupted upon stress stimuli, causing cavin release inside the cell. Here, McMahon et al. identify cavin interacting proteins using proteomic analyses and reveal functions in stress signaling that can promote apoptosis.