Arun T. John Peter


1. PMID: 28864540 Vps13-Mcp1 Interact at Vacuole-Mitochondria Interfaces and Bypass ER-mitochondria Contact Sites AT John Peter et al. J Cell Biol 216 (10), 3219-3229. 2017. PMID 28864540. Membrane contact sites between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, mediated by the ER-mitochondria encounter structure (ERMES) complex, are critical for mitochon …
2. PMID: 25836730 ER-mitochondria Contact Sites in Yeast: Beyond the Myths of ERMES A Lang et al. Curr Opin Cell Biol 35, 7-12. Aug 2015. PMID 25836730. - Review A standout feature of eukaryotic cells is the presence of organelles with distinct chemical compositions and physical properties, which aid in the accomplishment of speci …
3. PMID: 23547030 The BLOC-1 Complex Promotes Endosomal Maturation by Recruiting the Rab5 GTPase-activating Protein Msb3 AT John Peter et al. J Cell Biol 201 (1), 97-111. 2013. PMID 23547030. Membrane microcompartments of the early endosomes serve as a sorting and signaling platform, where receptors are either recycled back to the plasma membrane or forwarded …
4. PMID: 26370498 ER-mitochondrial Junctions Can Be Bypassed by Dominant Mutations in the Endosomal Protein Vps13 AB Lang et al. J Cell Biol 210 (6), 883-90. 2015. PMID 26370498. The endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria encounter structure (ERMES) complex tethers the endoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondria. It is thought to facilitate interorgane …
5. PMID: 25425642 The Role of Palmitoylation for Protein Recruitment to the Inner Membrane Complex of the Malaria Parasite J Wetzel et al. J Biol Chem 290 (3), 1712-28. 2015. PMID 25425642. To survive and persist within its human host, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum utilizes a battery of lineage-specific innovations to invade and multiply in huma …
6. PMID: 19453970 Analysis of DHHC Acyltransferases Implies Overlapping Substrate Specificity and a Two-Step Reaction Mechanism H Hou et al. Traffic 10 (8), 1061-73. Aug 2009. PMID 19453970. Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) cysteine-rich domain (CRD) acyltransferases are polytopic transmembrane proteins that are found along the endomembrane system of eukaryotic cells a …
7. PMID: 22759070 Dissection of Minimal Sequence Requirements for Rhoptry Membrane Targeting in the Malaria Parasite A Cabrera et al. Traffic 13 (10), 1335-50. Oct 2012. PMID 22759070. Rhoptries are specialized secretory organelles characteristic of single cell organisms belonging to the clade Apicomplexa. These organelles play a key role in the invasio …