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Aakriti Jain

@aakritijain.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. aakritijainlab.com Interested in #organelles, #metabolism, #membranes, #enzymes, #cancer, #neurodegeneration 🙂 Side interests include #cats, #beers, #pastries 🙃

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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thank you! :)
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thanks Elias!! :)
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you Sadaf for highlighting our work and for all your help to ensure a smooth review process!!
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Sadaf Shadan @sshadan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The ESCRT machinery mediates repair of damaged lysosomal membranes. But how does it recognise damage? Authors @nature report LASER, a fast-forming protein assembly that detects Ca2+-leakage from sites of lysosomal injury and recruits ESCRTs there. shorturl.at/T9zM6
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LASER couples damage sensing to ESCRT assembly for lysosome repair - Nature
ATG8 conjugation on damaged lysosomes triggers rapid assembly of a protein complex containing TFG, which directs lysosomal membrane repair by recruiting ESCRT proteins to sites of damage.
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So excited to share our new paper out today in @nature.com - 'LASER couples damage sensing to ESCRT assembly for lysosome repair'. This was an amazing collaborative effort with Claire Goul during our time in @robzonculab.bsky.social : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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LASER couples damage sensing to ESCRT assembly for lysosome repair - Nature
ATG8 conjugation on damaged lysosomes triggers rapid assembly of a protein complex containing TFG, which directs lysosomal membrane repair by recruiting ESCRT proteins to sites of damage.
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Molecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Online Now: Lysosomes as hubs of metabolic sensing and cellular homeostasis Online now:
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Lysosomes as hubs of metabolic sensing and cellular homeostasis
Jain et al. review how lysosomes act as signaling hubs that couple nutrient export to sensing pathways controlling growth, stress responses, and organelle crosstalk. They highlight immune- and neuron-specific lysosomal programs that integrate metabolic status and organelle health to shape tissue physiology.
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SFB Targeted Protein Degradation @sfb-tpd-vienna.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Join us for the #Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium 2026, April 29-30, in Vienna! Fantastic guest speakers👇 & many slots for talks from abstracts, flash-talks & posters. Lots of opportunities to network. Register now to save your spot! ➡️ www.protein-degradation.org/symposium/ #ubfriends2026
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If you will be at @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 this coming week, let’s connect! I'm giving a talk on Tue Dec 9 at 10 AM in the “From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Insights in Neurodegeneration” session and a poster on Mon Dec 8 in the “Organelles – Endosome and Lysosomes” session. See you there!
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I am looking for curious and creative scientists at all levels (technicians, postdocs, graduate students, …) to join the team. Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested!
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Super excited to share that I will be starting my lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center this January! We will explore how lysosomes drive cellular metabolism and signaling to better understand disease to develop new therapies for cancer and neurodegeneration. More info here: aakritijainlab.com
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Jain Lab @ UTSW
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Had an incredible time at the @embo.org meeting on organelles in Hyderabad, India! So much great science (and food!) #emboccmb25
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Ubellacker Lab @ubellackerlab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Excited to share our work @nature.com! Postdoc @mariopalma.bsky.social, with major contributions from @retickerflynn.bsky.social and collaborators, discovered melanoma cells in lymph nodes gain a targetable FSP1 dependency that limits progression. #TeamFSP1 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma | Nature
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DeBerardinis Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center @rjdlab.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
1/New paper from Zheng Wu, Phong Nguyen et al. @cri-utsw.bsky.social shows how cells balance the two pathways that produce purine nucleotides: de novo purine biosynthesis (DNPB) and purine salvage. The surprising mechanism involves NUDT5, a Nudix hydrolase www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NUDT5 regulates purine metabolism and thiopurine sensitivity by interacting with PPAT
Cells generate purine nucleotides through de novo purine biosynthesis (DNPB) and purine salvage. Purine salvage represses DNPB to prevent excessive purine nucleotide synthesis through mechanisms that ...
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Mike Lange @mikelangelipid.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Excited to share my postdoc work @olzmannlab.bsky.social! We found lipid droplets, the cell’s lipid storage depots, are subject to oxidative damage and are protected by FSP1. Loss of FSP1 triggers droplet peroxidation and cell death, revealing a new layer of lipid quality control! shorturl.at/B5XYD
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FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis - Nature Cell Biology
Lange et al. identify a lipid droplet quality control pathway in which FSP1 safeguards stored neutral lipids from lipid peroxidation, thereby preventing the induction of ferroptosis.
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Ben-Sahra Lab @bensahralab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Excited to share our latest work out today in @cp-molcell.bsky.social, revealing a molecular link between succinate dehydrogenase and purine synthesis, connecting two fundamental metabolic pathways. Huge congratulations to the first author, Mushtaq Nengroo! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... !
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Accumulation of succinate suppresses de novo purine synthesis through succinylation-mediated control of the mitochondrial folate cycle
The de novo purine synthesis pathway is fundamental for nucleotide production, yet the role of mitochondrial metabolism in modulating this process rem…
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Henry De Belly @henrydebelly.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Thrilled to announce the launch of my lab @cri-utsw.bsky.social at UTSW this January! We will explore how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, focusing on membrane mechanics to reveal how tension and signaling work together to shape cell behavior.
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Congrats James!! 🥳🥳
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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Excited to share our new preprint, led by Kirandeep Deol! 🤩 Genetic screens uncover mechanisms regulating FSP1 abundance in cancer. Vitamin B2 metabolism promotes FSP1 stability via FAD synth / binding, further linking nutrient metabolism to ferroptosis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Vitamin B2 metabolism promotes FSP1 stability to prevent ferroptosis
Ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death driven by excessive lipid peroxidation, has emerged as a promising therapeutic target in cancer. Ferroptosis suppressor protein 1 (FSP1) is a critical regul...
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Liz Miller @lizmillercu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Go check out the latest preprint from Giulia Zanetti's lab. @dr-downes.bsky.social used cryo-tomography to directly visualize COPI and COPII coated vesicles in situ at unprecedented resolution in human cells. Amazingly beautiful, rigorous, insightful work. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Multi-scale Molecular Imaging of Human Cells reveals COPI and COPII Vesicles at ER Exit Sites
Trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus comprises the first steps toward the correct localization of 30% of eukaryotic proteins. Coat protein complexes COPII and COPI are inv...
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Elias Adriaenssens @elias-adriaenssens.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
And it's out! I'm thrilled to share our new paper (Adriaenssens et al., Nat Cell Biol 2025). This paper describes a new mechanism for the initiation of autophagosome biogenesis. We found that this WIPI-ATG13-driven pathway is preferentially used by a group of transmembrane autophagy receptors.
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Ben Heineike @heineikeb.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A paper I have been working on with Oliver Lemke in the Ralser lab has just come out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We used predicted structures to gain insight into the evolution of metabolic proteins in yeast. A bit more in this linked-in post (www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...).
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The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years - Nature
By combining structural biology and evolutionary genomics analyses, the evolution of enzymes over 400 million years is shown to be governed by catalytic function, metabolic network architecture, cost ...
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Beautiful beautiful story and we love a mass spec imaging start leading to a lysosome dependent mechanism!! 😍
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Louise Fets @louisefets.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We’re excited to share a new pre-print from the lab! Led by Carmen Ramirez Moncayo and a fantastic collaboration with several groups from across @mrc-lms.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Interested in #OvarianCancer, #PARPinhibitors or #DrugDistribution? please read on! bit.ly/45lpekS
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shawnferguson.bsky.social @shawnferguson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I am excited to share our new preprint! Led by @laylanassar.bsky.social , we have found a new JIP4-dependent mechanism that controls the efflux of cystine from lysosomes. Our findings have implications for both lysosome biology and human disease: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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JIP4 deficiency causes a novel lysosome storage disease arising from impaired cystine efflux
Lysosomes break down macromolecules, clear cellular waste and recycle nutrients such as cystine. We describe a novel mechanism whereby JIP4 regulates lysosomal cystine storage by controlling the abundance of cystinosin (CTNS), the transporter responsible for lysosomal cystine efflux. To this end, JIP4, previously characterized as a motor adaptor and kinase signaling scaffold, suppresses TMEM55B-dependent ubiquitylation of CTNS. Loss of JIP4 reduces CTNS protein levels, leading to lysosomal cystine accumulation and lysosomal storage defects that phenocopy loss of CTNS in both human cells and the renal proximal tubules of JIP4 knockout mice. These phenotypes mirror cystinosis, the lysosomal storage disease caused by CTNS loss-of-function. Our findings thus reveal a fundamental process that controls the efflux of lysosomal cystine and has relevance to understanding human disease arising from JIP4 mutations. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. NIH, AG085824, AG062210, R35GM150619 Michael J. Fox Foundation, https://ror.org/03arq3225, ASAP-000580
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Stefano De Tito @stedet.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
*ATG9A alert*👀👀 Curious about how ATG9A maintains lysosomal homeostasis via PI4P? Check out the new work from my postdoc in @satooze.bsky.social lab. Thrilled to see this finally published! Special thanks to @ealmacellas.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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ATG9A and ARFIP2 cooperate to control PI4P levels for lysosomal repair
Lysosome damage activates multiple pathways to prevent lysosome-dependent cell death, including a repair mechanism involving endoplasmic reticulum (ER…
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Only purifying fluorescently tagged proteins from now on - look at those beautiful mcherry fused proteins 😍💜
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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thrilled this paper is out! We solved the first cocrystal structure of FSP1 with an inhibitor (FSEN1), providing mechanistic insight & a foundation for medchem. Led by Amalia Megarioti & Sitao Zhang. A terrific collaboration with Da Jia. Brief Skytorial! 1/9
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Cocrystal structure reveals the mechanism of FSP1 inhibition by FSEN1 | PNAS
FSP1 is an FAD-dependent oxidoreductase that uses NAD(P)H to regenerate the reduced forms of lipophilic quinone antioxidants, such as coenzyme Q10 ...
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Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
New work @harvard by Miguel Gonzalez-Lozano @harperlabhms.bsky.social & @ernstschmid.bsky.social in Johannes Walter lab charts structural interactome of endosomes. #XL-MS #Alphafold Funded by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org & NIH. Science continues-despite attacks www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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EndoMAP.v1 charts the structural landscape of human early endosome complexes - Nature
A study presents EndoMAP.v1, a resource that combines information on protein interactions and crosslink-supported structural predictions to map the interaction landscape of early endosomes.
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So exciting to see this out!!
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Rushika M. Perera @rushika-perera.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Online today in @nature.com - our latest study led by superstar postdoc Gilles Rademaker detailing the role of PSCK9 in driving sterol dependent metastatic organ choice in pancreatic cancer nature.com/articles/s41... full text available here 👉 rdcu.be/em0VG and thread 👇
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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
mTORC1 is activated when cells are fed with amino acids. New preprint with @robzonculab.bsky.social led by Rachel Jansen shows how the massive "CastiGATOR" complex is formed when arginine-free CASTOR1 binds to the GATOR2 complex to antagonize mTORC1 starved cells. tinyurl.com/yr6en6f4
Cryo-EM structure of CASTOR1-GATOR2 complex
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shawnferguson.bsky.social @shawnferguson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Here’s a new set of discoveries led by Francesca Filippini: doi.org/10.1101/2025... We found that LRP10 promotes the efficient delivery of progranulin to lysosomes and that microglia are particularly sensitive to loss of LRP10.
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LRP10 promotes trafficking of progranulin and prosaposin to lysosomes
Mutations in LRP10, a low-density lipoprotein receptor family member, cause familial Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. However, its direct cellular functions remain largely undefined....
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Science Magazine @science.org · 29/04/2025
Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here. In a Science study last year, researchers reported that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/49GjClc #ScienceMagArchives
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The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle
A bacterial endosymbiont of marine algae evolved to an organelle
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Roberto Zoncu Lab @robzonculab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Our PKA-autophagy story by outstanding graduate student Ashley Segura (co-led with Rose Citron) published in @embojournal.org, dissects a deep connection between autophagy and PKA in neuronal signaling, with implications for neurological disease. Great collaboration with @manciaslab.bsky.social!
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Atty (Ya-Ting) Chang @attychang.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Happy to share the first paper in my PhD is published in JCB! It's my honor to work with amazing teammates! I really enjoy exploring mitochondrial protein import mechanism through cryo-ET!
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Michael Lin, MD PhD @michaelzlin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Despite daily disruptions, scientists try to use logic and creativity to help fellow humans. Thus I would like to report our latest work describing microbial-independent deep assembly and screening, a method that goes from primers to mammalian cell assays in 1 day. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Rapid optimization of protein function in mammalian cells via microbe-independent deep assembly and screening
Random mutagenesis and deep mutational scanning (DMS) are widely used to optimize proteins by oversampling large libraries in microbial cells, selecting cells expressing favorable variants, and sequen...
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Jeremy Baskin @jeremybaskin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Groundbreaking study in Cell from @leventallab.bsky.social: phospholipid asymmetry is a defining feature of the plasma membrane and cholesterol fills the holes — major implications for how this membrane works. A #lipidtime must-read! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Cell membranes sustain phospholipid imbalance via cholesterol asymmetry
This work challenges a major assumption in cell biology by showing that lipid bilayers can have drastically different phospholipid abundances between their two leaflets. This lipid abundance asymmetry...
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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Exciting discovery by Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social et al of the @robzonculab.bsky.social lab that LyLAP processively and rapidly proteolyses membrane-spanning hydrophobic domains of transmembrane proteins!
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Thank you prasanna!
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Rushika M. Perera @rushika-perera.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
An incredible tour de force in biochemistry and cell biology by superstar @robzonculab.bsky.social lab postdoc @aakritijain.bsky.social LyLAP - a new lysosomal protease responsible for degrading integral membrane proteins in highly phagocytic cells like #PDAC cells. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins
Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thanks Christian!
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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congratulations to the @robzonculab.bsky.social and @aakritijain.bsky.social for this wonderful work!
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Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins
Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thank you!
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thank you!
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Mike Lange @mikelangelipid.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fantastic study out today by superstar postdoc @aakritijain.bsky.social! It identifies the unresolved function of LyLAP, a protein associated with poor prognosis in PDAC. It is not a phospholipase but a membrane protein protease! Happy that I could help through our untargeted lipidomics platform
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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Happy to have contributed in a small way to this spectacular study from @aakritijain.bsky.social & @robzonculab.bsky.social identifying LyLAP as a protease for TM domains in the lysosome. Upregulated in PDAC, LyLAP safeguards lysosomes from membrane damage. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins
Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...
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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins
Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...
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Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thank you!!
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Micha Rapé Lab @micharapelab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Amazing story from #MolecularTherapeutics faculty @robzonculab.bsky.social with lead author @aakritijain.bsky.social describing membrane protein degradation in the lysosome. Congratulations!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins
Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...
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