Publications

Articles | Review Articles | Editorial Material | Notes

Articles

Lipatova, Z., Tokarev A., Jin, Y., Mulholland, J., Weisman, L.S. and Segev, N. (2008) Direct interaction between a myosin V motor and the Rab GTPases Ypt31/32 is required for polarized secretion. Mol. Biol. Cell Epub ahead of print.PubMed Link

Lodhi, I., Bridges, D., Chiang, S., Zhang, Y., Cheng, A., Geletka, L.M., Weisman, L.S. and Saltiel, A.R. (2008) Insulin Stimulates Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate Production via the Activation of Rab5. Mol Biol Cell. 19:2718-2728. PubMed Link

Valiathan, R. and Weisman, L.S. (2008) Pushing for answers: is myosin V directly involved in moving mitochondria? J. Cell Biol. 181:5-18. PubMed Link

Zhang, Y., Zolov, S.N., Chow, C.Y., Slutsky, S.G., Richardson, S.C., Piper, R.C., Yang, B., Nau, J.J., Westrick, R.J., Morrison, S.J., Meisler, M.H., Weisman, L.S. (2007) Loss of Vac14, a regulator of the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, results in neurodegeneration in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104: 17518-17523. PubMed Link

Chow, C.Y., Zhang, Y., Dowling, J.J., Jin, N. Adamska, M., Shiga, K., Szigeti, K., Shy, M.E. Li, J. Zhang, X., Lupski, J.R., Weisman, L.S., and Meisler, M.H. (2007) Mutation of FIG4 causes neurodegeneration in the pale tremor mouse and patients with CMT4J. Nature 448:68-72. PubMed Link

Tang, F., Peng, Y., Nau, J.J., Kauffman, E.J. and Weisman L.S. (2006) Vac8p, an armadillo repeat protein, coordinates vacuole inheritance with multiple vacuolar processes. Traffic 7:1368-77. PubMed Link

Peng, Y., Tang, F. and Weisman L.S. (2006) Palmitoylation plays a role in targeting Vac8p to specific membrane subdomains. Traffic 7:1378-87. PubMed Link

Weisman, L.S. (2006) Organelles on the move; insights from yeast vacuole inheritance. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 7:243-252. PubMed Link

Pashkova, N., Jin, Y., Ramaswamy, S., & Weisman, L. S. (2006). Structural basis for myosin V discrimination between distinct cargoes. EMBO Journal, 25, 693-700. PubMed Link

Duex, J. E., Nau, J. J., Kauffman, E. J., & Weisman, L. S. (2006). Phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase Fig4p is required for both acute rise and subsequent fall in stress-induced phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate levels. Eukaryotic Cell, 5, 723-731. PubMed Link

Duex, J. E., Tang, F., & Weisman, L. S. (2006). The Vac14p/Fig4p complex acts independently of Vac7p and couples PI,5P(2) synthesis and turnover. Journal of Cell Biology, 172, 693-704. PubMed Link

Pashkova, N., Catlett, N. L., Novak, J. L., & Weisman, L. S. (2005). A point mutation in the cargo-binding domain of myosin V affects its interaction with multiple genes. Eukaryotic Cell, 4, 787-798. PubMed Link

Pashkova, N., Catlett, N. L., Novak, J. L., Wu, G. M., Lu, R., Cohen, R. E., & Weisman, L. S. (2005). Myosin V attachment to cargo requires the tight association of two functional subdomains. Journal of Cell Biology, 168, 359-364. PubMed Link

Ishikawa, K., Catlett, N. L., Novak, J. L., Tang, F., Nau, J. J., & Weisman, L. S. (2003). Identification of an organelle-specific myosin V receptor. Journal of Cell Biology, 160, 887-897. PubMed Link

Wang, C. W., Stromhaug, P. E., Kauffmann, E. J., Weisman, L. S., & Klionsky, D. J. (2003). Yeast homotypic vacuole fusion requires the Ccz1-Mon1 complex during the tethering/docking stage. Journal of Cell Biology, 163, 973-985. PubMed Link

Tang, F. S., Kauffman, E. J., Novak, J. L., Nau, J. J., Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (2003). Regulated degradation of a class V myosin receptor directs movement of the yeast vacuole. Nature, 422, 87-92. PubMed Link

Bonangelino, C. J., Nau, J. J., Duex, J. E., Brinkman, M., Wurmser, A. E., Gary, J. D., Emr, S. D., & Weisman, L. S. (2002). Osmotic stress-induced increase of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate requires Vac14p, an activator of the lipid kinase Fab1p. Journal of Cell Biology, 156, 1015-1028. PubMed Link

Gary, J. D., Sato, T. K., Stefan, C. J., Bonangelino, C. J., Weisman, L. S., & Emr, S. D. (2002). Regulation of Fab1 phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase pathway by Vac7 protein and Fig4, a polyphosphoinositide phosphatase family member. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 13, 1238-1251. PubMed Link

Wang, Y. X., Kauffman, E. J., Duex, J. E., & Weisman, L. S. (2001). Fusion of docked membranes requires the armadillo repeat protein Vac8p. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276, 35133-35140. PubMed Link

Scott, S. V., Nice, D. C., Nau, J. J., Weisman, L. S., Kamada, Y., Keizer-Gunnink, I., Funakoshi, T., Veenhuis, M., Ohsumi, Y., & Klionsky, D. J. (2000). Apg13p and Vac8p are part of a complex of phosphoproteins that are required for cytoplasm to vacuole targeting. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, 25840-25849. PubMed Link

Catlett, N. L., Duex, J. E., Tang, F. S., & Weisman, L. S. (2000). Two distinct regions in a yeast myosin-V tail domain are required for the movement of different cargoes. Journal of Cell Biology, 150, 513-525. PubMed Link

Wang, Y. X., Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (1998). Vac8p, a vacuolar protein with armadillo repeats, functions in both vacuole inheritance and protein targeting from the cytoplasm to vacuole. Journal of Cell Biology, 140, 1063-1074. PubMed Link

Bryant, N. J., Piper, R. C., Weisman, L. S., & Stevens, T. H. (1998). Retrograde traffic out of the yeast vacuole to the TGN occurs via the prevacuolar/endosomal compartment. Journal of Cell Biology, 142, 651-663. PubMed Link

Gary, J. D., Wurmser, A. E., Bonangelino, C. J., Weisman, L. S., & Emr, S. D. (1998). Fab1p is essential for PtdIns(3)P 5-kinase activity and the maintenance of vacuolar size and membrane homeostasis. Journal of Cell Biology, 143, 65-79. PubMed Link

Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (1998). The terminal tail region of a yeast myosin-V mediates its attachment to vacuole membranes and sites of polarized growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 95, 14799-14804. PubMed Link

Bonangelino, C. J., Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (1997). Vac7p, a novel vacuolar protein, is required for normal vacuole inheritance and morphology. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 17, 6847-6858. PubMed Link

Hill, K. L., Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (1996). Actin and myosin function in directed vacuole movement during cell division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Cell Biology, 135, 1535-1549. PubMed Link

Wang, Y. X., Zhao, H. R., Harding, T. M., deMesquita, D. S. G., Woldringh, C. L., Klionsky, D. J., Munn, A. L., & Weisman, L. S. (1996). Multiple classes of yeast mutants are defective in vacuole partitioning yet target vacuole proteins correctly. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 7, 1375-1389. PubMed Link

Nicolson, T. A., Weisman, L. S., Payne, G. S., & Wickner, W. T. (1995). A truncated form of the pho80 cyclin redirects the pho85 kinase to disrupt vacuole inheritance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Cell Biology, 130, 835-845. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., & Wickner, W. (1992). Molecular characterization of Vac1, a gene required for vacuole inheritance and vacuole protein sorting. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 267, 618-623. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., Emr, S. D., & Wickner, W. T. (1990). Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that block intervacuole vesicular traffic and vacuole division and segregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 87, 1076-1080. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., & Wickner, W. (1988). Intervacuole exchange in the yeast zygote - A new pathway in organelle communication. Science, 241, 589-591. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., Bacallao, R., & Wickner, W. (1987). Multiple methods of visualizing the yeast vacuole permit evaluation of its morphology and inheritance during the cell-cycle. Journal of Cell Biology, 105, 1539-1547. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., Krummel, B. M., & Wilson, A. C. (1986). Evolutionary shift in the site of cleavage of prelysozyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 261, 2309-2313. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., & Ballou, C. E. (1984). Biosynthesis of the mycobacterial methylmannose polysaccharide - identification of an alpha-1-4-mannosyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 259, 3457-3463. PubMed Link

Weisman, L. S., & Ballou, C. E. (1984). Biosynthesis of the mycobacterial methylmannose polysaccharide - identification of a 3-o-methyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 259, 3464-3469. PubMed Link

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Review Articles

Weisman, L. S. (2006). Organelles on the move: Insights from yeast vacuole inheritance. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 7, 243-252.

Weisman, L. S. (2003). Yeast vacuole inheritance and dynamics. Annual Review of Genetics, 37, 435-460.

Catlett, N. L., & Weisman, L. S. (2000). Divide and multiply: organelle partitioning in yeast. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 12, 509-516.

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Editorial Material

Weisman, L. S., & Glick, B. S. (2002). Membranes and organelles - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 14, 397-399.

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Notes

Weisman, L. S., & Ballou, C. E. (1988). Methanol production by mycobacterium-smegmatis. Journal of Bacteriology, 170, 1393-1395.

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