John E. Heuser

Substructure of Inner Dynein Arms, Radial Spokes, and the Central Pair/Projection Complex of Cilia and Flagella (2009)

Ursula W. Goodenough, John E. Heuser

ABSTRACT The substructure of the components of the axoneme interior--the inner dynein arms, the radial spokes, and the central pair/projection complex--was analyzed for Chlamy-domonas, Tetrahymena,...

A comparative analysis of Dmc1 and Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments (2008)

Sheridan, Sean D., Yu, Xiong, Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Sehorn, Michael G., Sung, Patrick, ...

The eukaryotic RecA homologs Rad51 and Dmc1 are essential for strand exchange between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. All members of the RecA family of recombinases polymerize on DNA to form...

Molecular Switches Involving the AP-2 Beta 2 Appendage Regulate Endocytic Cargo Selection and Clathrin Coat Assembly (2006)

Edeling, Melissa A., Mishra, Sanjay K., Keyel, Peter A., Steinhauser, Amie L., Collins, Brett M., Roth, Robyn, ...

Clathrin-associated sorting proteins (CLASPs) expand the repertoire of endocytic cargo sorted into clathrin-coated vesicles beyond the transmembrane proteins that bind physically to the AP-2 adaptor....

Molecular Switches Involving the AP-2 Beta 2 Appendage Regulate Endocytic Cargo Selection and Clathrin Coat Assembly (2006)

Edeling, Melissa A., Mishra, Sanjay K., Keyel, Peter A., Steinhauser, Amie L., Collins, Brett M., Roth, Robyn, ...

Clathrin-associated sorting proteins (CLASPs) expand the repertoire of endocytic cargo sorted into clathrin-coated vesicles beyond the transmembrane proteins that bind physically to the AP-2 adaptor....

Hypertonic media inhibit receptormediated endocytosis by blocking clathrin-coated pit formation (1989)

John E. Heuser

Abstract. Two seemingly unrelated experimental treat-ments inhibit receptor mediated endocytosis: (a) deple-

Substructure of the outer dynein arm (1982)

Ursula W. Goodenough, John E. Heuser

ABSTRACT The substructure of the outer dynein arm has been analyzed in quick-frozen deep-etch replicas of Tetrahymena and Chlamydornonas axonemes. Each arm is found to be composed of five...

Surface structure of the COPII-coated vesicle

Matsuoka, Ken, Schekman, Randy, Orci, Lelio, Heuser, John E.

The spatial arrangement of COPII coat protein subunits was analyzed by crosslinking to an artificial membrane surface and by electron microscopy of coat proteins and coated vesicle surfaces. The...

Cell Vacuolation Caused by Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin

Figueroa-Arredondo, Paula, Heuser, John E., Akopyants, Natalia S., Morisaki, J. Hiroshi, Giono-Cerezo, Silvia, Enríquez-Rincón, Fernando, ...

Non-O1 strains of Vibrio cholerae implicated in gastroenteritis and diarrhea generally lack virulence determinants such as cholera toxin that are characteristic of epidemic strains; the factors that...

Cortactin Is a Component of Clathrin-Coated Pits and Participates in Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

Cao, Hong, Orth, James D., Chen, Jing, Weller, Shaun G., Heuser, John E., McNiven, Mark A.

The actin cytoskeleton is believed to contribute to the formation of clathrin-coated pits, although the specific components that connect actin filaments with the endocytic machinery are unclear....

The Legionella pneumophila PilT Homologue DotB Exhibits ATPase Activity That Is Critical for Intracellular Growth

Sexton, Jessica A., Pinkner, Jerome S., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Hultgren, Scott J., Vogel, Joseph P.

The ability of Legionella pneumophila to grow and cause disease in the host is completely dependent on a type IV secretion system known as the Dot/Icm complex. This membrane-spanning apparatus...

RNAi-mediated Hip1R Silencing Results in Stable Association between the Endocytic Machinery and the Actin Assembly MachineryD⃞V⃞

Zhang, Claire X., Carreno, Sebastien, Barroso, Consuelo, Heuser, John E., Drubin, David G.

Actin filaments transiently associate with the endocytic machinery during clathrin-coated vesicle formation. Although several proteins that might mediate or regulate this association have been...

Chlamydomonas agglutinin is a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein

Cooper, James B., Adair, W. Steven, Mecham, Robert P., Heuser, John E.

The mt+ sexual agglutinin from Chlamydomonas reinhardi is shown to contain ≈12% hydroxyproline, and two inhibitors of hydroxyproline formation, α,α′-dipyridyl and 3,4-dehydroproline, are shown...

TorsinA in the nuclear envelope

Naismith, Teresa V., Heuser, John E., Breakefield, Xandra O., Hanson, Phyllis I.

Early-onset torsion dystonia, a CNS-based movement disorder, is usually associated with a single amino acid deletion (ΔE302/303) in the protein torsinA. TorsinA is an AAA+ ATPase in the endoplasmic...

A Single Common Portal for Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis of Distinct Cargo Governed by Cargo-selective Adaptors

Keyel, Peter A., Mishra, Sanjay K., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Watkins, Simon C., Traub, Linton M.

Sorting of transmembrane cargo into clathrin-coated vesicles requires endocytic adaptors, yet RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated gene silencing of the AP-2 adaptor complex only disrupts internalization...

Surface structure of the COPII-coated vesicle

Matsuoka, Ken, Schekman, Randy, Orci, Lelio, Heuser, John E.

The spatial arrangement of COPII coat protein subunits was analyzed by crosslinking to an artificial membrane surface and by electron microscopy of coat proteins and coated vesicle surfaces. The...

Cell Vacuolation Caused by Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin

Figueroa-Arredondo, Paula, Heuser, John E., Akopyants, Natalia S., Morisaki, J. Hiroshi, Giono-Cerezo, Silvia, Enríquez-Rincón, Fernando, ...

Non-O1 strains of Vibrio cholerae implicated in gastroenteritis and diarrhea generally lack virulence determinants such as cholera toxin that are characteristic of epidemic strains; the factors that...

Cortactin Is a Component of Clathrin-Coated Pits and Participates in Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

Cao, Hong, Orth, James D., Chen, Jing, Weller, Shaun G., Heuser, John E., McNiven, Mark A.

The actin cytoskeleton is believed to contribute to the formation of clathrin-coated pits, although the specific components that connect actin filaments with the endocytic machinery are unclear....

The Legionella pneumophila PilT Homologue DotB Exhibits ATPase Activity That Is Critical for Intracellular Growth

Sexton, Jessica A., Pinkner, Jerome S., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Hultgren, Scott J., Vogel, Joseph P.

The ability of Legionella pneumophila to grow and cause disease in the host is completely dependent on a type IV secretion system known as the Dot/Icm complex. This membrane-spanning apparatus...

RNAi-mediated Hip1R Silencing Results in Stable Association between the Endocytic Machinery and the Actin Assembly MachineryD⃞V⃞

Zhang, Claire X., Carreno, Sebastien, Barroso, Consuelo, Heuser, John E., Drubin, David G.

Actin filaments transiently associate with the endocytic machinery during clathrin-coated vesicle formation. Although several proteins that might mediate or regulate this association have been...

Chlamydomonas agglutinin is a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein

Cooper, James B., Adair, W. Steven, Mecham, Robert P., Heuser, John E.

The mt+ sexual agglutinin from Chlamydomonas reinhardi is shown to contain ≈12% hydroxyproline, and two inhibitors of hydroxyproline formation, α,α′-dipyridyl and 3,4-dehydroproline, are shown...

TorsinA in the nuclear envelope

Naismith, Teresa V., Heuser, John E., Breakefield, Xandra O., Hanson, Phyllis I.

Early-onset torsion dystonia, a CNS-based movement disorder, is usually associated with a single amino acid deletion (ΔE302/303) in the protein torsinA. TorsinA is an AAA+ ATPase in the endoplasmic...

A Single Common Portal for Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis of Distinct Cargo Governed by Cargo-selective Adaptors

Keyel, Peter A., Mishra, Sanjay K., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Watkins, Simon C., Traub, Linton M.

Sorting of transmembrane cargo into clathrin-coated vesicles requires endocytic adaptors, yet RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated gene silencing of the AP-2 adaptor complex only disrupts internalization...

THE FINE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF NERVE FIBERS, SHEATHS, AND GLIAL CELLS IN THE PRAWN, PALAEMONETES VULGARIS

Heuser, John E., Doggenweiler, Carlos F.

In view of reports that the nerve fibers of the sea prawn conduct impulses more rapidly than other invertebrate nerves and look like myelinated vertebrate nerves in the light microscope, prawn nerve...

ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE PRAWN NERVE SHEATHS : Role of Fixative and Osmotic Pressure in Vesiculation of Thin Cytoplasmic Laminae

Doggenweiler, C. F., Heuser, John E.

The sheaths from freshly teased nerve fibers of the prawn exhibit a positive radial birefringence, consistent with their EM appearance as highly organized laminated structures composed of numerous...

AUTORADIOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF NEW RNA SYNTHESIS IN HYPERTROPHYING SKELETAL MUSCLE

Jablecki, Charles K., Heuser, John E., Kaufman, Seymour

Work-induced growth of rat soleus muscle is accompanied by an early increase in new RNA synthesis. To determine the cell type(s) responsible for the increased RNA synthesis, we compared light...

Acid-induced Dissociation of VacA, the Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin, Reveals Its Pattern of Assembly

Cover, Timothy L., Hanson, Phyllis I., Heuser, John E.

In this study, we describe the ultrastructural changes associated with acid activation of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA). Purified VacA molecules imaged by deep-etch electron...

Characterization of a mammalian Golgi-localized protein complex, COG, that is required for normal Golgi morphology and function

Ungar, Daniel, Oka, Toshihiko, Brittle, Elizabeth E., Vasile, Eliza, Lupashin, Vladimir V., Chatterton, Jon E., ...

Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein modification. Three complexes that have previously been...

Analysis of Dynactin Subcomplexes Reveals a Novel Actin-Related Protein Associated with the Arp1 Minifilament Pointed End

Eckley, D. Mark, Gill, Steven R., Melkonian, Karin A., Bingham, James B., Goodson, Holly V., Heuser, John E., ...

The multisubunit protein, dynactin, is a critical component of the cytoplasmic dynein motor machinery. Dynactin contains two distinct structural domains: a projecting sidearm that interacts with...

Assembly of Weibel–Palade body-like tubules from N-terminal domains of von Willebrand factor

Huang, Ren-Huai, Wang, Ying, Roth, Robyn, Yu, Xiong, Purvis, Angie R., Heuser, John E., ...

Endothelial cells assemble von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers into ordered tubules within storage organelles called Weibel–Palade bodies, and tubular packing is necessary for the secretion of...

A comparative analysis of Dmc1 and Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments

Sheridan, Sean D., Yu, Xiong, Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Sehorn, Michael G., Sung, Patrick, ...

The eukaryotic RecA homologs Rad51 and Dmc1 are essential for strand exchange between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. All members of the RecA family of recombinases polymerize on DNA to form...

Plasma membrane deformation by circular arrays of ESCRT-III protein filaments

Hanson, Phyllis I., Roth, Robyn, Lin, Yuan, Heuser, John E.

Endosomal sorting complex required for transport III (ESCRT-III) proteins function in multivesicular body biogenesis and viral budding. They are recruited from the cytoplasm to the membrane, where...

CENP-E combines a slow, processive motor and a flexible coiled coil to produce an essential motile kinetochore tether

Kim, Yumi, Heuser, John E., Waterman, Clare M., Cleveland, Don W.

The mitotic kinesin centromere protein E (CENP-E) is an essential kinetochore component that directly contributes to the capture and stabilization of spindle microtubules by kinetochores. Although...

The AP-2 Adaptor β2 Appendage Scaffolds Alternate Cargo Endocytosis

Keyel, Peter A., Thieman, James R., Roth, Robyn, Erkan, Elif, Everett, Eric T., Watkins, Simon C., ...

The independently folded appendages of the large α and β2 subunits of the endocytic adaptor protein (AP)-2 complex coordinate proper assembly and operation of endocytic components during...

Coordinate Regulation of Glycan Degradation and Polysaccharide Capsule Biosynthesis by a Prominent Human Gut Symbiont*

Martens, Eric C., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Gordon, Jeffrey I.

Bacteria in the distal human gut have evolved diverse abilities to metabolize complex glycans, including the capacity to degrade these compounds as nutrients and to assemble their component sugars...

Molecularly targeted nanocarriers deliver the cytolytic peptide melittin specifically to tumor cells in mice, reducing tumor growth

Soman, Neelesh R., Baldwin, Steven L., Hu, Grace, Marsh, Jon N., Lanza, Gregory M., Heuser, John E., ...

The in vivo application of cytolytic peptides for cancer therapeutics is hampered by toxicity, nonspecificity, and degradation. We previously developed a specific strategy to synthesize a nanoscale...