How versatile are inositol phosphate kinases?

SB Shears - Biochemical Journal, 2004 - portlandpress.com
This review assesses the extent and the significance of catalytic versatility shown by several
inositol phosphate kinases: the inositol phosphate multikinase, the reversible Ins(1,3,4)P 3 /…

Assessing the omnipotence of inositol hexakisphosphate

SB Shears - Cellular signalling, 2001 - Elsevier
This review assesses the authenticity of inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP 6 ) being a wide-ranging
regulator of many important cellular functions. Against a background in which the …

Essential role of phosphoinositide metabolism in synaptic vesicle recycling

…, WT Kim, K Takei, L Daniell, Y Nemoto, SB Shears… - Cell, 1999 - cell.com
Growing evidence suggests that phosphoinositides play an important role in membrane
traffic. A polyphosphoinositide phosphatase, synaptojanin 1, was identified as a major …

The inositol hexakisphosphate kinase family: catalytic flexibility and function in yeast vacuole biogenesis

A Saiardi, JJ Caffrey, SH Snyder, SB Shears - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
… In some experiments, particularly when a new HPLC column was installed, the percentage
of B at 10 min was increased to 50%. This change in the gradient, plus the tendency of …

Inositol pyrophosphates: why so many phosphates?

SB Shears - Advances in biological regulation, 2015 - Elsevier
The inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are a specialized group of “energetic” signaling
molecules found in yeasts, plants and animals. PP-InsPs boast the most crowded three …

A Salmonella inositol polyphosphatase acts in conjunction with other bacterial effectors to promote host cell actin cytoskeleton rearrangements and bacterial …

…, LM Chen, L Hernandez, SB Shears… - Molecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A central feature of Salmonella pathogenicity is the bacterium's ability to enter into non‐phagocytic
cells. Bacterial internalization is the consequence of cellular responses characterized …

Intimate connections: Inositol pyrophosphates at the interface of metabolic regulation and cell signaling

SB Shears - Journal of cellular physiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Inositol pyrophosphates are small, diffusible signaling molecules that possess the most
concentrated three‐dimensional array of phosphate groups in Nature; up to eight phosphates …

[HTML][HTML] A novel context for the 'MutT'module, a guardian of cell integrity, in a diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase

…, MB Moyer, WA Burkhart, SB Shears - The EMBO …, 1998 - embopress.org
Diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (PP‐InsP 5 or ‘InsP 7’) and bisdiphosphoinositol
tetrakisphosphate ([PP] 2‐InsP 4 or ‘InsP 8’) are the most highly phosphorylated members of the …

The Diadenosine Hexaphosphate Hydrolases fromSchizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Are Homologues of the Human Diphosphoinositol …

…, AG McLennan, LD Barnes, SB Shears - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
… Proteins were eluted with a gradient generated by mixing buffer A with buffer B (buffer A
plus 1m KCl): 0–10 min, 0% buffer B; 10–20 min, 15–85% B; 20–30 min, 100% B. The InsP 6 …

The versatility of inositol phosphates as cellular signals

SB Shears - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Cells from across the phylogenetic spectrum contain a variety of inositol phosphates. Many
different functions have been ascribed to this group of compounds. However, it is remarkable …