Below is a list of selected publications. A full list can be found on Pubmed or Google Scholar.
Emerging roles of lipid transfer protein dimerization
Shalom Borst Pauwels, Jacques Neefjes, Birol Cabukusta
J Cell Sci. 2025 Aug 1;138(15):jcs263971. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263971.
The ORP9-ORP11 dimer promotes sphingomyelin synthesis
Birol Cabukusta, Shalom Borst Pauwels, Jimmy J L L Akkermans, Niek Blomberg, Aat A Mulder, Roman I Koning, Martin Giera, Jacques Neefjes
Elife. 2024 Aug 6:12:RP91345. doi: 10.7554/eLife.91345.
What the VAP: The Expanded VAP Family of Proteins Interacting With FFAT and FFAT-Related Motifs for Interorganellar Contact
Jacques Neefjes, Birol Cabukusta
Contact (Thousand Oaks). 2021 May 9:4:25152564211012246. doi: 10.1177/25152564211012246
Mobile late endosomes modulate peripheral endoplasmic reticulum network architecture
Menno Spits, Iris T Heesterbeek, Lennard M Voortman, Jimmy J Akkermans, Ruud H Wijdeven, Birol Cabukusta, Jacques Neefjes
EMBO Rep. 2021 Mar 3;22(3):e50815. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050815.
Human VAPome Analysis Reveals MOSPD1 and MOSPD3 as Membrane Contact Site Proteins Interacting with FFAT-Related FFNT Motifs
Birol Cabukusta, Ilana Berlin, Daphne M van Elsland, Iris Forkink, Menno Spits, Anja W M de Jong, Jimmy J L L Akkermans, Ruud H M Wijdeven, George M C Janssen, Peter A van Veelen, Jacques Neefjes
Cell Rep. 2020 Dec 8;33(10):108475. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108475.
Mechanisms of lysosomal positioning and movement
Birol Cabukusta, Jacques Neefjes.
Traffic. 2018 Oct;19(10):761-769. doi: 10.1111/tra.12587.
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