Kevin P. Guay, Wen-Chuan Chou, Nathan P. Canniff, Kylie B. Paul, Daniel N. Hebert
{"title":"N-glycan-dependent protein maturation and quality control in the ER","authors":"Kevin P. Guay, Wen-Chuan Chou, Nathan P. Canniff, Kylie B. Paul, Daniel N. Hebert","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00855-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-025-00855-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The vast majority of proteins that traverse the mammalian secretory pathway become N-glycosylated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The bulky glycan protein modifications, which are conserved in fungi and humans, act as maturation and quality-control tags. In this Review, we discuss findings published in the past decade that have rapidly expanded our understanding of the transfer and processing of N-glycans, as well as their role in protein maturation, quality control and trafficking in the ER, facilitated by structural insights into the addition of N-glycans by the oligosaccharyltransferases A and B (OST-A and OST-B). These findings suggest that N-glycans serve as reporters of the folding status of secretory proteins as they traverse the ER, enabling the lectin chaperones to guide their maturation. We also explore how the emergence of co-translational glycosylation and the expansion of the glycoproteostasis network in metazoans has expanded the role of N-glycans in early protein-maturation events and quality control.</p>","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":112.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144097136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanisms of auxin action in plant growth and development","authors":"Steffen Vanneste, Yuanrong Pei, Jiří Friml","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00851-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00851-2","url":null,"abstract":"The phytohormone auxin is a major signal coordinating growth and development in plants. The variety of its effects arises from its ability to form local auxin maxima and gradients within tissues, generated through directional cell-to-cell transport and elaborate metabolic control. These auxin distribution patterns instruct cells in a context-dependent manner to undergo predefined developmental transitions. In this Review, we discuss advances in auxin action at the level of homeostasis and signalling. We highlight key insights into the structural basis of PIN-mediated intercellular auxin transport and explore two novel non-transcriptional auxin signalling mechanisms: one involving intracellular Ca2+ transients and another involving cell-surface auxin perception that mediates global, ultrafast phosphorylation. Furthermore, we examine emerging evidence indicating the involvement of cyclic adenosine monophosphate as a second messenger in the transcriptional auxin response. Together, these recent developments in auxin research have profoundly deepened our understanding of the complex and diverse activities of auxin in plant growth and development. The phytohormone auxin coordinates plant growth by forming local maxima and gradients through cell-to-cell transport and metabolic control. Recent research has identified novel signalling mechanisms involving extracellular auxin perception and auxin-mediated cyclic AMP production.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 9","pages":"648-666"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144087863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular machineries shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane","authors":"Oliver Daumke, Martin van der Laan","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00854-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00854-z","url":null,"abstract":"Mitochondria display intricately shaped deep invaginations of the mitochondrial inner membrane (MIM) termed cristae. This peculiar membrane architecture is essential for diverse mitochondrial functions, such as oxidative phosphorylation or the biosynthesis of cellular building blocks. Conserved protein nano-machineries such as F1Fo-ATP synthase oligomers and the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) act as adaptable protein–lipid scaffolds controlling MIM biogenesis and its dynamic remodelling. Signal-dependent rearrangements of cristae architecture and MIM fusion events are governed by the dynamin-like GTPase optic atrophy 1 (OPA1). Recent groundbreaking structural insights into these nano-machineries have considerably advanced our understanding of the functional architecture of mitochondria. In this Review, we discuss how the MIM-shaping machineries cooperate to control cristae and crista junction dynamics, including MIM fusion, in response to cellular signalling pathways. We also explore how mutations affecting MIM-shaping machineries compromise mitochondrial functions. The inner mitochondrial membrane forms cristae, which are crucial for mitochondrial function. This Review explores the protein complexes that regulate cristae dynamics, including remodelling and fusion, and discusses recent structural insights that have increased our understanding of mitochondrial architecture.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 9","pages":"706-724"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143979572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Histone H1 deamidation regulates DNA double-strand break repair","authors":"Caroline Barranco","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00860-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00860-1","url":null,"abstract":"Repair of DNA double-strand breaks requires chromatin opening; however, the mechanisms involved were unclear. This work shows that sequential histone deamidation and acetylation modifications induce chromatin decompaction by reducing positive charge at the DNA–nucleosome interface.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 6","pages":"418-418"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fat accumulation in middle-aged male animals","authors":"Kim Baumann","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00861-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00861-0","url":null,"abstract":"A distinct population of adipose progenitor cells contributes to the accumulation of visceral white adipose tissue in middle-aged male mice.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 6","pages":"417-417"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering the complexity of RNA–protein interactions","authors":"Maïwen Caudron-Herger","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00859-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00859-8","url":null,"abstract":"A 2012 study discovered that RNA–binding proteins are more numerous and diverse than previously thought, many having non-canonical RNA-binding domains.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 7","pages":"499-499"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The diffraction limit of light taken by storm","authors":"Maria Pia Cosma","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00856-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00856-x","url":null,"abstract":"Pia Cosma recounts the development of STORM, which was the first microscopy method to break the diffraction limit of light.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 7","pages":"498-498"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143915010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rodrigo Aguilar, Michael Rosenberg, Vered Levy, Jeannie T. Lee
{"title":"An evolving landscape of PRC2–RNA interactions in chromatin regulation","authors":"Rodrigo Aguilar, Michael Rosenberg, Vered Levy, Jeannie T. Lee","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00850-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00850-3","url":null,"abstract":"A major unsolved problem in epigenetics is how RNA regulates Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), a complex that trimethylates histone H3 Lys27 (H3K27me3) to form repressive chromatin. Key questions include how PRC2 binds RNA in vivo and what the functional consequences of binding are. In this Perspective, we expound on the viewpoint that RNA is integral to the stepwise regulation of PRC2 activity. Using the long non-coding RNA XIST and X chromosome inactivation as a model, we discuss evidence indicating that RNA is involved in PRC2 recruitment onto chromatin, in induction of its catalytic activity and in its eviction from chromatin. Studies have also implicated RNA in controlling promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II. The cumulative data argue that the functional consequences of PRC2–RNA interactions crucially depend on RNA conformation. We recognize that alternative hypotheses exist and therefore we attempt to integrate contrary data. Thus, although an RNA-rich landscape is emerging for Polycomb complexes, additional work is required to resolve a broad range of data interpretations. This Perspective discusses unresolved questions about how the chromatin modifier Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) binds RNA in vivo and the functional consequences of binding. The authors posit that RNA conformation is integral to PRC2 control and thus to regulation of chromatin state.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 8","pages":"631-642"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurons whisper, tissues respond: neurons as orchestrators of stress responses","authors":"Evandro A. De-Souza","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00853-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00853-0","url":null,"abstract":"Evandro De-Souza discusses an article by Dillin and Taylor that revealed the importance of neurons in organism-wide stress responses and the role of such cell-nonautonomous stress responses in ageing.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 7","pages":"497-497"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid evolution to preserve a conserved function","authors":"Mia T. Levine","doi":"10.1038/s41580-025-00848-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-025-00848-x","url":null,"abstract":"A study that helped explain how lack of sequence conservation can go hand in hand with functional conservation.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"26 6","pages":"416-416"},"PeriodicalIF":81.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}