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ArticleEMBO reports2018

A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability.

Vikas A Tillu, Ye-Wheen Lim, Oleksiy Kovtun, Sergey Mureev, Charles Ferguson, Michele Bastiani, Kerrie-Ann McMahon, Harriet P Lo, Thomas E Hall, Kirill Alexandrov and 2 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Caveolae mechanics in cellular functions and disease.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  5. Membrane Remodeling by the Collective Action of Caveolin-1.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  6. Caveolin assemblies displace one bilayer leaflet to organize and bend membranes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. The Role of Membrane Lipids in the Formation and Function of Caveolae.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2023
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  13. Caveolae and the oxidative stress response.Biochemical Society transactions · 2023
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  15. Membrane insertion mechanism of the caveola coat protein Cavin1.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vikas A TilluInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1034-9543
Ye-Wheen LimInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Oleksiy KovtunInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Sergey MureevInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Charles FergusonInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Michele BastianiInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Kerrie-Ann McMahonInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0833-5708
Harriet P LoInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Thomas E HallInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Kirill AlexandrovInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia.
Brett M CollinsInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia b.collins@imb.uq.edu.au r.parton@imb.uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-6070-3774
Robert G PartonInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia b.collins@imb.uq.edu.au r.parton@imb.uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-7494-5248
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caveolae are plasma membrane invaginations involved in transport, signalling and mechanical membrane sensing in metazoans. Their formation depends upon multiple interactions between membrane-embedded caveolins, lipids and cytosolic cavin proteins. Of the four cavin family members, only cavin1 is strictly required for caveola formation. Here, we demonstrate that an eleven residue (undecad) repeat sequence (UC1) exclusive to cavin1 is essential for caveolar localization and promotes membrane remodelling through binding to phosphatidylserine. In the notochord of mechanically stimulated zebrafish embryos, the UC1 domain is required for caveolar stability and resistance to membrane stress. The number of undecad repeats in the cavin1 UC1 domain varies throughout evolution, and we find that an increased number also correlates with increased caveolar stability. Lastly, we show that the cavin1 UC1 domain induces dramatic remodelling of the plasma membrane when grafted into cavin2 suggesting an important role in membrane sculpting. Overall, our work defines a novel conserved cavin1 modular domain that controls caveolar assembly and stability.

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AnimalsCarrier ProteinsCaveolaeCell MembraneDNA Mutational AnalysisHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMCF-7 CellsMembrane ProteinsNotochordPC-3 CellsPhosphate-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsStress, MechanicalZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsCarrier Proteinscavin1b protein, zebrafishCAVIN1 protein, humanCavin1 protein, mouseCAVIN2 protein, humanCAVIN3 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsPhosphate-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsZebrafish Proteinscaveolaecavincoiled‐coilundecad repeat

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PMID30021837
PMCPMC6123655
OpenAlexW2883552136

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