Cell surface density of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is controlled by dynamic molecular interactions that often involve recognition of the distinct sequence signals on the cargo receptors. We reported previously that the RXR-type dibasic motif in the distal C-terminal tail of an HIV coreceptor GPR15 negatively regulates the cell surface expression by mediating the coatomer protein I comp...

Proteins carrying nuclear export signals cooperatively assemble with the export factor CRM1 and the effector protein RanGTP. In lower eukaryotes, this cooperativity is coupled to CRM1 conformational changes; however, it is unknown if mammalian CRM1 maintains its compact conformation or shows similar structural flexibility. Here, combinations of small-angle X-ray solution scattering and electron...

The cargo motion in living cells transported by two species of motor protein with different intrinsic directionalities is discussed in this study. Similarly to single motor movement, the cargo steps forward and backward along a microtubule stochastically. Recent experiments found that cargo transportation by two motor species has a memory; it does not change its direction as frequently as expec...

Kinesin1 plays a major role in neuronal transport by recruiting many different cargos through its kinesin light chain (KLC). Various structurally unrelated cargos interact with the conserved tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain of KLC. The N-terminal capping helix of the TPR domain exhibits an atypical sequence and structural features that may contribute to the versatility of the TPR domain to...

This paper establishes an approach to forecast air cargo demand related to terminal capacity expansion. To balance capacity and demand, it is required to forecast the future demand based on optimistic and pessimistic projections to decide when and how much, the airport should expand the capacity. System dynamics simulation model can provide reliable forecast and generate scenarios to test alter...

This paper provides an analytical solution for the time-dependent performance evaluation of truck handling operations at an air cargo terminal. The demand for loading and unloading operations is highly time-dependent and stochastic for two classes of trucks. Two heterogeneous handling facilities with multiple servers are available to handle trucks assuming exponentially distributed processing t...

Organelle transport by myosin-V is down-regulated during mitosis, presumably by myosin-V phosphorylation. We used mass spectrometry phosphopeptide mapping to show that the tail of myosin-V was phosphorylated in mitotic Xenopus egg extract on a single serine residue localized in the carboxyl-terminal organelle-binding domain. Phosphorylation resulted in the release of the motor from the organell...

The interaction of cytoplasmic dynein with its cargoes is thought to be indirectly mediated by dynactin, a complex that binds to the dynein intermediate chain. However, the roles of other dynein subunits in cargo binding have been unknown. Here we demonstrate that dynein translocates rhodopsin-bearing vesicles along microtubules. This interaction occurs directly between the C-terminal cytoplasm...

Rho GTPases are key regulators of the actin-based cytoskeleton; Rab GTPases are key regulators of membrane traffic. We report here that the atypical Rho GTPase family member, RhoBTB3, binds directly to Rab9 GTPase and functions with Rab9 in protein transport from endosomes to the trans Golgi network. Gene replacement experiments show that RhoBTB3 function in cultured cells requires both RhoBTB3...