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A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability

Overview of attention for article published in EMBO Reports, July 2018
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Title
A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability
Published in
EMBO Reports, July 2018
DOI 10.15252/embr.201845775
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Vikas A Tillu, Ye‐Wheen Lim, Oleksiy Kovtun, Sergey Mureev, Charles Ferguson, Michele Bastiani, Kerrie‐Ann McMahon, Harriet P Lo, Thomas E Hall, Kirill Alexandrov, Brett M Collins, Robert G Parton

Abstract

Caveolae are plasma membrane invaginations involved in transport, signalling and mechanical membrane sensing in metazoans. Their formation depends upon multiple interactions between membrane-embedded caveolins, lipids and cytosolic cavin proteins. Of the four cavin family members, only cavin1 is strictly required for caveola formation. Here, we demonstrate that an eleven residue (undecad) repeat sequence (UC1) exclusive to cavin1 is essential for caveolar localization and promotes membrane remodelling through binding to phosphatidylserine. In the notochord of mechanically stimulated zebrafish embryos, the UC1 domain is required for caveolar stability and resistance to membrane stress. The number of undecad repeats in the cavin1 UC1 domain varies throughout evolution, and we find that an increased number also correlates with increased caveolar stability. Lastly, we show that the cavin1 UC1 domain induces dramatic remodelling of the plasma membrane when grafted into cavin2 suggesting an important role in membrane sculpting. Overall, our work defines a novel conserved cavin1 modular domain that controls caveolar assembly and stability.

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Unknown 18 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 28%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Student > Master 2 11%
Professor 2 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 44%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 22%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 6%
Neuroscience 1 6%
Unknown 4 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 September 2018.
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#5,556,195
of 23,096,849 outputs
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#1,658
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#94,237
of 329,171 outputs
Outputs of similar age from EMBO Reports
#37
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