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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2020

Endoplasmic reticulum contact sites regulate the dynamics of membraneless organelles.

Jason E Lee, Peter I Cathey, Haoxi Wu, Roy Parker, Gia K Voeltz

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 160 papers.

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160citing papers in PubMed
20.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

160 citing papers in PubMed, 288 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason E LeeDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5757-5954
Peter I CatheyDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3317-2664
Haoxi WuDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0986-3094
Roy ParkerHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8412-4152
Gia K VoeltzDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. gia.voeltz@colorado.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3199-5402
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Unraveling the mechanism of ER-­associated organelle constriction and divisionR01GM120998 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI VOELTZ, GIA · 2017 to 2020
$1.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tethered interactions between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and other membrane-bound organelles allow for efficient transfer of ions and/or macromolecules and provide a platform for organelle fission. Here, we describe an unconventional interface between membraneless ribonucleoprotein granules, such as processing bodies (P-bodies, or PBs) and stress granules, and the ER membrane. We found that PBs are tethered at molecular distances to the ER in human cells in a tunable fashion. ER-PB contact and PB biogenesis were modulated by altering PB composition, ER shape, or ER translational capacity. Furthermore, ER contact sites defined the position where PB and stress granule fission occurs. We thus suggest that the ER plays a fundamental role in regulating the assembly and disassembly of membraneless organelles.

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Cell LineCytoplasmic GranulesEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansIntracellular MembranesOrganellesOxidative StressProtein BiosynthesisProtein UnfoldingRibonucleoproteinsRNA, MessengerRibonucleoproteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID32001628
PMCPMC10088059
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