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Authors Vos BE, Muenker TM, Betz T Journal Current Opinion in Cell Biology Citation Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2024 Jun 1;88:102374. Abstract Intracellular organization is a highly regulated homeostatic state maintained to ensure eukaryotic cells’ correct and efficient functioning. Thanks to decades of research, vast knowledge of the proteins involved

Authors Bode D, Pronto JRD, Schiattarella GG, Voigt N Journal Nature Reviews. Cardiology Citation Nat Rev Cardiol. 2024 May 30. Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a continually growing health-care burden that often presents together with metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus and obesity. Current treatments often fall short of preventing AF

Authors Muenker TM, Vos BE, Betz T Journal eLife Citation eLife13:RP97416. Abstract Living cells are complex entities that perform many different complex tasks with astonishing robustness. While the direct dependence of biological processes on controlled protein expression is well established, we only begin to understand how intracellular mechanical characteristics guide

Authors Reichmann J, Sarrazin C, Schmale S, Blaurock C, Balkema-Buschmann A, Schmitzer B, Salditt T Journal Scientific Reports Citation Sci Rep 14, 12348 (2024). Abstract X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography (XPCT) based on wavefield propagation has been established as a high resolution three-dimensional (3D) imaging modality, suitable to reconstruct the intricate

Authors Saleem HN, Ignatyeva N, Stuut C, Jakobs S, Habeck M, Ebert A Journal Cells Citation Cells. 2024 May 27;13(11):923. Abstract Intracellular cargo delivery via distinct transport routes relies on vesicle carriers. A key trafficking route distributes cargo taken up by clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) via early endosomes. The highly dynamic

Authors Velychko T, Mohammad E, Ferrer-Vicens I, Parfentev I, Werner M, Studniarek C, Schwalb B, Urlaub H, Murphy S, Cramer P, Lidschreiber M Journal Molecular Cell Citation Mol Cell. 2024 May 27:S1097-2765(24)00400-3. Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7), part of the general transcription factor TFIIH, promotes gene transcription by phosphorylating the

Authors Schwenzer N, Teiwes NK, Kohl T, Pohl C, Giller MJ, Lehnart SE, Steinem C Journal Communications Biology Citation Commun Biol. 2024 May 23;7(1):620. Abstract A key player of excitable cells in the heart and brain is the L-type calcium channel CaV1.3. In the heart, it is required for voltage-dependent

Authors Vučković A, Freyer C, Wredenberg A, Hillen HS Journal Human Molecular Genetics Citation Hum Mol Genet. 2024 May 22;33(R1):R19-R25. Abstract Human mitochondria harbour a circular, polyploid genome (mtDNA) encoding 11 messenger RNAs (mRNAs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Mitochondrial transcription produces long, polycistronic transcripts that

Authors Kremer LS, Rehling P Journal Human Molecular Genetics Citation Hum Mol Genet. 2024 May 22;33(R1):R47-R52. Abstract The mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system produces the majority of energy required by cells. Given the mitochondrion’s endosymbiotic origin, the OXPHOS machinery is still under dual genetic control where most OXPHOS subunits are

Authors Lesmann H, Hustinx A, Moosa S, Klinkhammer H, Marchi E, Caro P, Abdelrazek IM, Pantel JT, Ten Hagen M, Thong MK, Binti Mazlan RA, Tae SK, Kamphans T, Meiswinkel W, Li JM, Javanmardi B, Knaus A, Uwineza A, Knopp C, Tkemaladze T, Elbracht M, Mattern L, Jamra RA, Velmans