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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2010

DMob4/Phocein regulates synapse formation, axonal transport, and microtubule organization.

Joost Schulte, Katharine J Sepp, Ramon A Jorquera, Chaohong Wu, Yun Song, Pengyu Hong, J Troy Littleton

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joost SchulteDepartment of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Katharine J Sepp
Ramon A Jorquera
Chaohong Wu
Yun Song
Pengyu Hong
J Troy Littleton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USBrandeis University · US

Funding

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DROSOPHILA SYNAPTOTAGMIN FAMILYR01NS040296 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LITTLETON, J. TROY · 2000 to 2024
$7.9M
Drosophila as an Experimental Model for EpilepsyR01NS043244 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LITTLETON, J. TROY · 2003 to 2012
$3.2M
Modeling Huntington's Disease in DrosophilaR01NS052203 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LITTLETON, J. TROY · 2005 to 2009
$1.8M
Intelligent Interfaces for Interactive Analysis of High-Content Cellular ImagesR01EB007042 · NIBIB · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HONG, PENGYU · 2007 to 2009
$519k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB007042NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040296NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043244NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052203NINDS NIH HHS R01NS052203NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS40296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The monopolar spindle-one-binder (Mob) family of kinase-interacting proteins regulate cell cycle and cell morphology, and their dysfunction has been linked to cancer. Models for Mob function are primarily based on studies of Mob1 and Mob2 family members in yeast. In contrast, the function of the highly conserved metazoan Phocein/Mob3 subfamily is unknown. We identified the Drosophila Phocein homolog (DMob4) as a regulator of neurite branching in a genome-wide RNA interference screen for neuronal morphology mutants. To further characterize DMob4, we generated null and hypomorphic alleles and performed in vivo cell biological and physiological analysis. We find that DMob4 plays a prominent role in neural function, regulating axonal transport, membrane excitability, and organization of microtubule networks. DMob4 mutant neuromuscular synapses also show a profound overgrowth of synaptic boutons, similar to known Drosophila endocytotic mutants. DMob4 and human Phocein are >80% identical, and the lethality of DMob4 mutants can be rescued by a human phocein transgene, indicating a conservation of function across evolution. These findings suggest a novel role for Phocein proteins in the regulation of axonal transport, neurite elongation, synapse formation, and microtubule organization.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAxonal TransportCells, CulturedDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsHumansMembrane PotentialsMembrane ProteinsMicrotubulesMusclesMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuritesNeuromuscular JunctionNeuronsDrosophila ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMob4 protein, DrosophilaNerve Tissue Proteinsphocein

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PMID20392941
PMCPMC2862384
OpenAlexW2011748557

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