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Structural And Functional Consequences Of Pde6 Prenylation In Rod And Cone Photoreceptors, Faezeh Moakedi
Structural And Functional Consequences Of Pde6 Prenylation In Rod And Cone Photoreceptors, Faezeh Moakedi
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Phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) serves as a pivotal component in the phototransduction pathways of both cone and rod photoreceptors. In cones, PDE6 consists of tetrameric subunits: inhibitory (γ') and catalytic (α'). The catalytic subunit, PDE6α', contains a C-terminal prenylation motif. Deletion of this motif is associated with achromatopsia (ACHM), a form of color blindness. The mechanisms underlying the disease and the roles of PDE6 lipidation in vision remain elusive. Meanwhile, rod PDE6 is composed of α and β catalytic subunits and γ inhibitory subunits, with alterations in the C-terminal "prenylation motif" of PDE6β linked to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) pathology. In this comprehensive …
The Function Of Protein Glutamylation In Vision, Rawaa Aljammal
The Function Of Protein Glutamylation In Vision, Rawaa Aljammal
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Posttranslational glutamylation of protein has emerged as a novel candidate for cellular integrity. In a dynamic process, Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like proteins (TTLLs) introduce glutamate groups to their substrates, while Cytosolic Carboxypeptidases members (CCP1-CCP6) remove these glutamate groups. The outcome of this interplay is a wide range of substrates; each is glutamylated to a level crucial for its function.
Protein glutamylation is particularly abundant in neurons and in the axoneme of cilia and flagella. This distribution, along with the correlation between imbalanced glutamylation levels and compromised cellular functions, underscores the significance of protein glutamylation in maintaining cellular viability. However, the …
Personalized Molecular Therapies For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Overcoming Heterogeneity To Optimize Treatment Response And Clinical Outcomes, Zuan-Fu Lim
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Lung cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers. Novel, paradigm shifting treatments including immunotherapy and targeted therapies have recently been developed to cull the deadly effects of lung cancer, but many challenges remain. There remains a significant unmet need to accurately predict and optimally select for patients who will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) treatment. In Chapter 2 of this dissertation, we investigated a novel live single cell cytokine profiling lab-on-chip platform, IsoLight, using peripheral CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells for ICI biomarker development. A total of 55,175 single T-lymphocytes were analyzed in this proof-of-concept study. We found that an …