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ArticleNature2025

Structural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein.

Yunsik Kang, Katherine S Lehmann, Hannah Long, Amanda Jefferson, Maria Purice, Marc Freeman, Sarah Clark

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The Human Autophagy Core Complexes.Annual review of biochemistry · 2026
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  9. Mechanistic dissection of BLTP2 targeting to ER-PM contact sites.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  14. The molecular mechanism of lipid uptake by membrane-anchored bridge-like lipid transfer proteins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  15. ATG2 is a triglyceride transfer protein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yunsik KangVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5721-024X
Katherine S LehmannVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0323-879X
Hannah LongDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Amanda JeffersonVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Maria PuriceDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Marc FreemanVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Sarah ClarkDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. clarksar@oregonstate.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2805-2526

Funding

Understanding the origins of rapid recurrence of pancreatic cancer after resectionP30CA069533 · NCI · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Luiz Eduardo Bertassoni · 1997 to 2026
$60.5M
Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM: Equipment SupplementR24GM154185 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI James E Evans, CLAUDIA SUSANA LOPEZ · 2024 to 2026
$21.5M
Proteomics CoreP30EY010572 · NEI · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI John Peter Campbell · 1995 to 2026
$19.4M
Timeline and molecular pathways regulating astrocyte endfoot morphogenesisR01NS124146 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Marc R Freeman, Kelly R Monk · 2021 to 2026
$3.2M
Astrocyte control of neural circuits and behaviorR37NS053538 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FREEMAN, MARC R · 2016 to 2022
$2.9M
Molecular mechanisms of lipid transfer by bridge-like lipid transfer proteinsR35GM160234 · NIGMS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Sarah A Clark · 2025 to 2026
$798k
How do astrocytes remodel neural circuits?K99NS126642 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI KANG, YUNSIK · 2022 to 2023
$243k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA069533NEI NIH HHS P30 EY010572NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM154185NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM160234NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS126642NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124146NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS053538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bridge-like lipid-transport proteins (BLTPs) are an evolutionarily conserved family of proteins that localize to membrane-contact sites and are thought to mediate the bulk transfer of lipids from a donor membrane, typically the endoplasmic reticulum, to an acceptor membrane, such as that of the cell or an organelle

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedModels, MolecularProtein SubunitsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier Proteinslipid transfer proteinProtein Subunits

Identifiers

PMID40269155
PMCPMC13533485

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