William S. Lane

Epitope tagging of endogenous genes in diverse human cell lines (2008)

Kim, Jung-Sik, Bonifant, Challice, Bunz, Fred, Lane, William S., Waldman, Todd

Epitope tagging is a powerful and commonly used approach for studying the physical properties of proteins and their functions and localization in eukaryotic cells. In the case of Saccharomyces...

Lysine acetylation can generate highly charged enzymes with increased resistance toward irreversible inactivation (2008)

Shaw, Bryan F., Schneider, Gregory F., Bilgiçer, Basar, Kaufman, George K., Neveu, John M., Lane, William S., ...

This paper reports that the acetylation of lysine ϵ-NH3 + groups of α-amylase—one of the most important hydrolytic enzymes used in industry—produces highly negatively charged variants that...

Functional relevance of novel p300-mediated lysine 314 and 315 acetylation of RelA/p65 (2008)

Buerki, Christine, Rothgiesser, Karin M., Valovka, Taras, Owen, Heather R., Rehrauer, Hubert, Fey, Monika, ...

Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-κB) plays an important role in the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in immunity and cell survival. We show here in vitro and in vivo acetylation of RelA/p65 by...

Histone sumoylation is a negative regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shows dynamic interplay with positive-acting histone modifications (2006)

Nathan, Dafna, Ingvarsdottir, Kristin, Sterner, David E., Bylebyl, Gwendolyn R., Dokmanovic, Milos, Dorsey, Jean A., ...

Covalent histone post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation play pivotal roles in regulating many cellular processes, including...

Histone sumoylation is a negative regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shows dynamic interplay with positive-acting histone modifications (2006)

Nathan, Dafna, Ingvarsdottir, Kristin, Sterner, David E., Bylebyl, Gwendolyn R., Dokmanovic, Milos, Dorsey, Jean A., ...

Covalent histone post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation play pivotal roles in regulating many cellular processes, including...

HIV-1 Tat interacts with LIS1 protein (2005)

Epie, Nicolas, Ammosova, Tatyana, Sapir, Tamar, Voloshin, Yaroslav, Lane, William S, Turner, Willie, ...

Abstract Background HIV-1 Tat activates transcription of HIV-1 viral genes by inducing phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). Tat can also disturb cellular...

CHARACTERIZATION, CLONING, AND EXPRESSION OF TWO DIAGNOSTIC ANTIGENS FOR TAENIA SOLIUM TAPEWORM INFECTION (2004)

Min Z. Levine, Patricia P. Wilkins, William S. Lane, John M. Asara, Kathy Hancock, ...

Adult and larval stages of Taenia solium cause 2 diseases in humans, i.e., taeniasis and cysticercosis, respectively. Diagnosis and treatment of taeniasis are the ultimate means to eliminate...

Identification of Mammalian Mediator Subunits with Similarities to Yeast Mediator Subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3 (2003)

Sato, Shigeo, Tomomori-Sato, Chieri, Banks, Charles A. S., Sorokina, Irina, Parmely, Tari J., Kong, Stephanie E., ...

The Mediator is a multiprotein coactivator required for activation of RNA polymerase II transcription by DNA binding transactivators. We recently identified a mammalian homologue of yeast Mediator...

Yeast Enhancer of Polycomb defines global Esa1-dependent acetylation of chromatin (2003)

Boudreault, Alexandre A., Cronier, Dominique, Selleck, William, Lacoste, Nicolas, Utley, Rhea T., Allard, Stéphane, ...

Drosophila Enhancer of Polycomb, E(Pc), is a suppressor of position-effect variegation and an enhancer of both Polycomb and trithorax mutations. A homologous yeast protein, Epl1, is a subunit of the...

BACH1, a novel helicase-like protein, interacts directly with BRCA1 and contributes to its DNA repair function (2001)

Cantor, Sharon B., Bell, Daphne W., Ganesan, Shridar, Kass, Elizabeth M., Drapkin, Ronny, Grossman, Steven R., ...

BRCA1 interacts in vivo with a novel protein, BACH1, a member of the DEAH helicase family. BACH1 binds directly to the BRCT repeats of BRCA1. A BACH1 derivative, bearing a mutation in a residue that...

Association of acyl-CoA synthetase-1 with GLUT4-containing vesicles (1998)

Sleeman, Mark W., Donegan, Niles P., Heller-Harrison, Robin A., Lane, William S., Czech, Michael P.

GLUT4, the glucose transporter present in insulin-sensitive tissues, resides in intracellular vesicular structures and translocates to the cell surface in response to insulin. In an attempt to...

Identification of an early endosomal protein regulated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (1997)

Patki, Varsha, Virbasius, Joseph V., Lane, William S., Toh, Ban-Hock, Shpetner, Howard S., Corvera, Silvia

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI 3-kinases) have been implicated in membrane trafficking in the secretory and endocytic pathways of yeast and mammalian cells, but the molecular mechanisms by which...

Self-peptides bound to the type I diabetes associated class II MHC molecules HLA-DQ1 and HLA-DQ8 (1994)

Chicz, Roman M., Lane, William S., Robinson, Renée A., Trucco, Massimo, Strominger, Jack L., Gorga, Joan C.

Genetic susceptibility to several autoimmune disorders is associated with the expression of certain MHC class II alleles. Insight into the etiology of such diseases awaits the identification of the...

Cloning and characterization of Rrp1, the gene encoding Drosophila strand transferase: carboxy-terminal homology to DNA repair endo/exonucleases (1991)

Sander, Miriam, Lowenhaupt, Ky, Lane, William S., Rich, Alexander

We previously reported the purification of a protein from Drosophila embryo extracts that carries out the strand transfer step in homologous recombination (Lowenhaupt, K., Sander, M., Hauser, C. and...

Troponin I is present in human cartilage and inhibits angiogenesis

Moses, Marsha A., Wiederschain, Dmitri, Wu, Inmin, Fernandez, Cecilia A., Ghazizadeh, Vahid, Lane, William S., ...

Cartilage is an avascular and relatively tumor-resistant tissue. Work from a number of laboratories, including our own, has demonstrated that cartilage is an enriched source of endogenous inhibitors...

The X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome gene product SH2D1A associates with p62dok (Dok1) and activates NF-κB

Sylla, Bakary S., Murphy, Kerry, Cahir-McFarland, Ellen, Lane, William S., Mosialos, George, Kieff, Elliott

The X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP) is a genetic disorder in which affected males have a morbid or fatal response to Epstein–Barr virus infection. The XLP deficiency has been mapped to...

The spliceosomal snRNP core complex of Trypanosoma brucei: Cloning and functional analysis reveals seven Sm protein constituents

Palfi, Zsofia, Lücke, Stephan, Lahm, Hans-Werner, Lane, William S., Kruft, Volker, Bragado-Nilsson, Elisabeth, ...

Each of the trypanosome small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) U2, U4/U6, and U5, as well as the spliced leader (SL) RNP, contains a core of common proteins, which we have previously identified....

Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase: Purification and molecular cloning of an enzyme that catalyzes tyrosine O-sulfation, a common posttranslational modification of eukaryotic proteins

Ouyang, Ying-bin, Lane, William S., Moore, Kevin L.

Tyrosine O-sulfation is a common posttranslational modification of proteins in all multicellular organisms. This reaction is mediated by a Golgi enzyme activity called tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase...

Identification of an early endosomal protein regulated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase

Patki, Varsha, Virbasius, Joe, Lane, William S., Toh, Ban-Hock, Shpetner, Howard S., Corvera, Silvia

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI 3-kinases) have been implicated in membrane trafficking in the secretory and endocytic pathways of yeast and mammalian cells, but the molecular mechanisms by which...

RBP1 Recruits the mSIN3-Histone Deacetylase Complex to the Pocket of Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Family Proteins Found in Limited Discrete Regions of the Nucleus at Growth Arrest

Lai, Albert, Kennedy, Brian K., Barbie, David A., Bertos, Nicholas R., Yang, Xiang Jiao, Theberge, Marie-Christine, ...

Retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor family pocket proteins induce cell cycle arrest by repressing transcription of E2F-regulated genes through both histone deacetylase (HDAC)-dependent and...

Role of an ING1 Growth Regulator in Transcriptional Activation and Targeted Histone Acetylation by the NuA4 Complex

Nourani, Amine, Doyon, Yannick, Utley, Rhea T., Allard, Stéphane, Lane, William S., Côté, Jacques

The yeast NuA4 complex is a histone H4 and H2A acetyltransferase involved in transcription regulation and essential for cell cycle progression. We identify here a novel subunit of the complex, Yng2p,...

DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Phosphorylation of IκBα and IκBβ Regulates NF-κB DNA Binding Properties

Liu, Li, Kwak, Youn-Tae, Bex, Françoise, García-Martínez, León F., Li, Xiao-Hua, Meek, Katheryn, ...

Regulation of the IκBα and IκBβ proteins is critical for modulating NF-κB-directed gene expression. Both IκBα and IκBβ are substrates for cellular kinases that phosphorylate the amino and...

Activator-Specific Requirement of Yeast Mediator Proteins for RNA Polymerase II Transcriptional Activation

Han, Sang Jun, Lee, Young Chul, Gim, Byung Soo, Ryu, Gi-Hyuck, Park, Soon Jung, Lane, William S., ...

The multisubunit Mediator complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for most RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription. The Mediator complex is composed of two subcomplexes, the Rgr1 and Srb4...

Human Elongator facilitates RNA polymerase II transcription through chromatin

Kim, Jae-Hyun, Lane, William S., Reinberg, Danny

A human Elongator complex was purified from HeLa cells and found to be composed of three polypeptides. Human Elongator contains histone acetyltransferase activity with specificity to histone H3 and,...

A core–BRAF35 complex containing histone deacetylase mediates repression of neuronal-specific genes

Hakimi, Mohamed-Ali, Bochar, Daniel A., Chenoweth, Josh, Lane, William S., Mandel, Gail, Shiekhattar, Ramin

BRAF35, a structural DNA-binding protein, initially was identified as a component of a large BRCA2-containing complex. Biochemical analysis revealed the presence of a smaller core–BRAF35 complex...

Mammalian mediator subunit mMED8 is an Elongin BC-interacting protein that can assemble with Cul2 and Rbx1 to reconstitute a ubiquitin ligase

Brower, Christopher S., Sato, Shigeo, Tomomori-Sato, Chieri, Kamura, Takumi, Pause, Arnim, Stearman, Robert, ...

The heterodimeric Elongin BC complex has been shown to interact in vitro and in cells with a conserved BC-box motif found in an increasing number of proteins including RNA polymerase II elongation...

The C-terminal domain phosphatase and transcription elongation activities of FCP1 are regulated by phosphorylation

Friedl, Erika M., Lane, William S., Erdjument-Bromage, Hediye, Tempst, Paul, Reinberg, Danny

The C-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is heavily phosphorylated during the transition from transcription initiation to the establishment of an...

Cathepsin L in secretory vesicles functions as a prohormone-processing enzyme for production of the enkephalin peptide neurotransmitter

Yasothornsrikul, Sukkid, Greenbaum, Doron, Medzihradszky, Katalin F., Toneff, Thomas, Bundey, Richard, Miller, Ruthellen, ...

Multistep proteolytic mechanisms are essential for converting proprotein precursors into active peptide neurotransmitters and hormones. Cysteine proteases have been implicated in the processing of...

Functional Analysis of the Subunits of the Chromatin Assembly Factor RSF

Loyola, Alejandra, Huang, Jing-Yi, LeRoy, Gary, Hu, Sherrie, Wang, Yuh-Hwa, Donnelly, Robert J., ...

The human ISWI-containing factor RSF (for remodeling and spacing factor) is composed of two subunits: the ATPase hSNF2H and p325 (Rsf-1), a protein encoded by a novel human gene. We previously showed...

Yeast Enhancer of Polycomb defines global Esa1-dependent acetylation of chromatin

Boudreault, Alexandre A., Cronier, Dominique, Selleck, William, Lacoste, Nicolas, Utley, Rhea T., Allard, Stéphane, ...

Drosophila Enhancer of Polycomb, E(Pc), is a suppressor of position-effect variegation and an enhancer of both Polycomb and trithorax mutations. A homologous yeast protein, Epl1, is a subunit of the...

Isolation of human NURF: a regulator of Engrailed gene expression

Barak, Orr, Lazzaro, Maribeth A., Lane, William S., Speicher, David W., Picketts, David J., Shiekhattar, Ramin

The modification of chromatin structure is an important regulatory mechanism for developmental gene expression. Differential expression of the mammalian ISWI genes, SNF2H and SNF2L, has suggested...

Transmembrane transforming growth factor-α tethers to the PDZ domain-containing, Golgi membrane-associated protein p59/GRASP55

Kuo, Alfred, Zhong, Cuiling, Lane, William S., Derynck, Rik

Transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) and related proteins represent a family of transmembrane growth factors with representatives in flies and worms. Little is known about the transport of TGF-α...

A core SMRT corepressor complex containing HDAC3 and TBL1, a WD40-repeat protein linked to deafness

Guenther, Matthew G., Lane, William S., Fischle, Wolfgang, Verdin, Eric, Lazar, Mitchell A., Shiekhattar, Ramin

The corepressor SMRT mediates repression by thyroid hormone receptor (TR) as well as other nuclear hormone receptors and transcription factors. Here we report the isolation of a novel SMRT-containing...

A protein phosphatase functions to recycle RNA polymerase II

Cho, Helen, Kim, Tae-Kyung, Mancebo, Helena, Lane, William S., Flores, Osvaldo, Reinberg, Danny

Transcription is regulated by the state of phosphorylation of a heptapeptide repeat known as the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) present in the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). RNAPII...

Purification and characterization of the nuclear RNase P holoenzyme complex reveals extensive subunit overlap with RNase MRP

Chamberlain, Joel R., Lee, Yoon, Lane, William S., Engelke, David R.

Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that cleaves precursor tRNA transcripts to give mature 5′ ends. RNase P in eubacteria has a large, catalytic RNA subunit and a small protein...

Structural and Functional Conservation of the NuA4 Histone Acetyltransferase Complex from Yeast to Humans

Doyon, Yannick, Selleck, William, Lane, William S., Tan, Song, Côté, Jacques

The NuA4 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) multisubunit complex is responsible for acetylation of histone H4 and H2A N-terminal tails in yeast. Its catalytic component, Esa1, is essential for cell...

The c-MYC Oncoprotein Is a Substrate of the Acetyltransferases hGCN5/PCAF and TIP60

Patel, Jagruti H., Du, Yanping, Ard, Penny G., Phillips, Charles, Carella, Beth, Chen, Chi-Ju, ...

The c-MYC oncoprotein functions as a sequence-specific transcription factor. The ability of c-MYC to activate transcription relies in part on the recruitment of cofactor complexes containing the...

Phosphorylation Site Mutations Affect Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 ICP0 Function

Davido, David J., Von Zagorski, William F., Lane, William S., Schaffer, Priscilla A.

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) immediate-early (IE) regulatory protein infected-cell protein 0 (ICP0) is a strong and global transactivator of both viral and cellular genes. In a previous...

HIV-1 Tat-associated RNA polymerase C-terminal domain kinase, CDK2, phosphorylates CDK7 and stimulates Tat-mediated transcription.

Nekhai, Sergei, Zhou, Meisheng, Fernandez, Anne, Lane, William S, Lamb, Ned J C, Brady, John, ...

HIV-1 gene expression is regulated by a viral transactivator protein (Tat) which induces transcriptional elongation of HIV-1 long tandem repeat (LTR). This induction requires hyperphosphorylation of...

A Human Protein Complex Homologous to the Drosophila MSL Complex Is Responsible for the Majority of Histone H4 Acetylation at Lysine 16

Smith, Edwin R., Cayrou, Christelle, Huang, Rong, Lane, William S., Côté, Jacques, Lucchesi, John C.

We describe a stable, multisubunit human histone acetyltransferase complex (hMSL) that contains homologs of the Drosophila dosage compensation proteins MOF, MSL1, MSL2, and MSL3. This complex shows...

ATM and Chk2-dependent phosphorylation of MDMX contribute to p53 activation after DNA damage

Chen, Lihong, Gilkes, Daniele M, Pan, Yu, Lane, William S, Chen, Jiandong

The p53 tumor suppressor is activated after DNA damage to maintain genomic stability and prevent transformation. Rapid activation of p53 by ionizing radiation is dependent on signaling by the ATM...

Differential Requirements for Actin Polymerization, Calmodulin, and Ca2+ Define Distinct Stages of Lysosome/Phagosome Targeting

Stockinger, Walter, Zhang, Shao C., Trivedi, Vishal, Jarzylo, Larissa A., Shieh, Eugenie C., Lane, William S., ...

Fusion of phagosomes with late endocytic organelles is essential for cellular digestion of microbial pathogens, senescent cells, apoptotic bodies, and retinal outer segment fragments. To further...

Histone sumoylation is a negative regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shows dynamic interplay with positive-acting histone modifications

Nathan, Dafna, Ingvarsdottir, Kristin, Sterner, David E., Bylebyl, Gwendolyn R., Dokmanovic, Milos, Dorsey, Jean A., ...

Covalent histone post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation play pivotal roles in regulating many cellular processes, including...

Sm core variation in spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins from Trypanosoma brucei

Wang, Pingping, Palfi, Zsofia, Preusser, Christian, Lücke, Stephan, Lane, William S, Kambach, Christian, ...

Messenger RNA processing in trypanosomes by cis and trans splicing requires spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) U1, U2, U4/U6, and U5, as well as the spliced leader (SL) RNP. As in...

Functional relevance of novel p300-mediated lysine 314 and 315 acetylation of RelA/p65

Buerki, Christine, Rothgiesser, Karin M., Valovka, Taras, Owen, Heather R., Rehrauer, Hubert, Fey, Monika, ...

Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-κB) plays an important role in the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in immunity and cell survival. We show here in vitro and in vivo acetylation of RelA/p65 by...

A Naturally Processed Mitochondrial Self-Peptide in Complex with Thymic Mhc Molecules Functions as a Selecting Ligand for a Viral-Specific T Cell Receptor

Sasada, Tetsuro, Ghendler, Yoseph, Neveu, John M., Lane, William S., Reinherz, Ellis L.

Peptide fragments of self-proteins bound to major histocompatibility complex molecules within the thymus are important for positively selecting T cell receptor (TCR)-bearing CD4+CD8+ double positive...

ABRF-PRG04: Differentiation of Protein Isoforms

Arnott, David, Gawinowicz, Mary Ann, Kowalak, Jeffrey A., Lane, William S., Speicher, Kaye D., Turck, Christoph W., ...

Accurate protein identification sometimes requires careful discrimination between closely related protein isoforms that may differ by as little as a single amino acid substitution or...

ABRF-PRG05: De Novo Peptide Sequence Determination

Falick, Arnold M., Kowalak, Jeffrey A., Lane, William S., Phinney, Brett S., Turck, Christoph W., Weintraub, Susan T., ...

A common request of proteomics core facilities is protein identification. However, in some instances primary sequence information for the protein in question is not present in public databases. In...

Epitope tagging of endogenous genes in diverse human cell lines

Kim, Jung-Sik, Bonifant, Challice, Bunz, Fred, Lane, William S., Waldman, Todd

Epitope tagging is a powerful and commonly used approach for studying the physical properties of proteins and their functions and localization in eukaryotic cells. In the case of Saccharomyces...

Phylogenomics of Unusual Histone H2A Variants in Bdelloid Rotifers

Van Doninck, Karine, Mandigo, Morgan L., Hur, Jae H., Wang, Peter, Guglielmini, Julien, Milinkovitch, Michel C., ...

Rotifers of Class Bdelloidea are remarkable in having evolved for millions of years, apparently without males and meiosis. In addition, they are unusually resistant to desiccation and ionizing...

Inhibition of GLUT4 Translocation by Tbc1d1, a Rab GTPase-activating Protein Abundant in Skeletal Muscle, Is Partially Relieved by AMP-activated Protein Kinase Activation*

Chavez, Jose A., Roach, William G., Keller, Susanna R., Lane, William S., Lienhard, Gustav E.

Insulin increases glucose transport by stimulating the trafficking of intracellular GLUT4 to the cell surface, a process known as GLUT4 translocation. A key protein in signaling this process is...

Phosphorylation regulates targeting of cytoplasmic dynein to kinetochores during mitosis

Whyte, Jacqueline, Bader, Jason R., Tauhata, Sinji B.F., Raycroft, Maurice, Hornick, Jessica, Pfister, K. Kevin, ...

Cytoplasmic dynein functions at several sites during mitosis; however, the basis of targeting to each site remains unclear. Tandem mass spectrometry analysis of mitotic dynein revealed a...

Lysine acetylation can generate highly charged enzymes with increased resistance toward irreversible inactivation

Shaw, Bryan F., Schneider, Gregory F., Bilgiçer, Başar, Kaufman, George K., Neveu, John M., Lane, William S., ...

This paper reports that the acetylation of lysine ε-NH3 + groups of α-amylase—one of the most important hydrolytic enzymes used in industry—produces highly negatively charged variants that are...