VAPB and its binding partner AKAP11 promote lipid droplet degradation
Shalom Borst Pauwels, Menno Spits, Lennert L.J. Janssen, Sarah Rotman, Arnoud H. de Ru, Anja W.M. de Jong, Erik Bos, Peter A. van Veelen, Roman I. Koning, Martin Giera, Jacques Neefjes, Birol Cabukusta
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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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