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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2009

Vps-C complexes: gatekeepers of endolysosomal traffic.

Daniel P Nickerson, Christopher L Brett, Alexey J Merz

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In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
140citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 232 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Regulation of vacuole fusion in stomata by dephosphorylation of the HOPS subunit VPS39.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  10. EccDNA-Driven VPS41 Amplification Alleviates Genotoxic Stress via Lysosomal KAI1 Degradation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  17. HypomyelinatedInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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80 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel P NickersonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7350, USA.
Christopher L Brett
Alexey J Merz
University of Washington · US

Funding

Dynamics of Endomembrane Docking and FusionR01GM077349 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MERZ, ALEXEY JARRELL · 2006 to 2024
$6.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM077349NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic studies in yeast, plants, insects, and mammals have identified four universally conserved proteins, together called Vps Class C, that are essential for late endosome and lysosome assembly and for numerous endolysosomal trafficking pathways, including the terminal stages of autophagy. Two Vps-C complexes, HOPS and CORVET, incorporate diverse biochemical functions: they tether membranes, stimulate Rab nucleotide exchange, guide SNARE assembly to drive membrane fusion, and possibly act as ubiquitin ligases. Recent studies offer new insight into the complex relationships between Vps-C complexes and their cognate Rab small GTP-binding (G-)proteins at endosomes and lysosomes. Accumulating evidence supports the view that Vps-C complexes implement a regulatory logic that governs endomembrane identity and dynamics.

Indexed as

AutophagyEndosomesGene Expression Regulation, FungalGolgi ApparatusGTP-Binding ProteinsLysosomesModels, BiologicalMutationOrganellesProtein TransportSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE ProteinsUbiquitinVesicular Transport ProteinsGTP-Binding ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE ProteinsUbiquitinVesicular Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19577915
PMCPMC2807627
OpenAlexW2094205174

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Registered trials

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