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Overview

Linton M. Traub was affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in cell biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and molecular biology at large.

The scientist's work centered on specific topics including cellular transport and secretion, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, lipid membrane structure and behavior, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Throughout their career, Traub collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Nathan R. Zaccai, Zuzana Kadlecová, Veronica Kane Dickson, Kseniya Korobchevskaya, and Jan Kamenický.

Their research was published in multiple notable venues, including:

  • Science Advances
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Linton M. Traub's published papers include:

  • "FCHO controls AP2's initiating role in endocytosis through a PtdIns(4,5)P2 -dependent switch" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "Ernst Joachim Ungewickell: 1950-2020" (2020, The Journal of Cell Biology)
  • "FCHO controls AP2's critical endocytic roles through a PtdIns4,5P2 membrane-dependent switch" (2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "The AP-2 Adaptor 2 Appendage Scaffolds Alternate Cargo Endocytosis" (2020, UNC Libraries)

Best Publications

  • Signals for Sorting of Transmembrane Proteins to Endosomes and Lysosomes

    Juan S Bonifacino;Linton M Traub

  • Tickets to ride: selecting cargo for clathrin-regulated internalization

    Linton M. Traub

  • Sorting it out: AP-2 and alternate clathrin adaptors in endocytic cargo selection

    Linton M. Traub

  • Biochemical dissection of AP-1 recruitment onto Golgi membranes.

    Linton M. Traub;Jennifer A. Ostrom;Stuart Kornfeld

  • Disabled-2 exhibits the properties of a cargo-selective endocytic clathrin adaptor

    Sanjay K. Mishra;Peter A. Keyel;Matthew J. Hawryluk;Nicole R. Agostinelli

  • Cargo Recognition in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis

    Linton M. Traub;Juan S. Bonifacino

  • The trans-Golgi network: a late secretory sorting station.

    Linton M Traub;Stuart Kornfeld

  • Sorting in the endosomal system in yeast and animal cells.

    Sandra K Lemmon;Linton M Traub

  • Common principles in clathrin-mediated sorting at the Golgi and the plasma membrane.

    Linton M. Traub

  • Accessory Protein Recruitment Motifs in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis

    Tom J. Brett;Linton M. Traub;Daved H. Fremont

  • Epsin 1 is a Polyubiquitin‐Selective Clathrin‐Associated Sorting Protein

    Matthew J. Hawryluk;Peter A. Keyel;Sanjay K. Mishra;Simon C. Watkins

  • Exocytosis in Mast Cells by Basic Secretagogues: Evidence for Direct Activation of GTP-binding Proteins

    Meir Aridor;Linton M. Traub;Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg

  • Crystal structure of the alpha appendage of AP-2 reveals a recruitment platform for clathrin-coat assembly.

    Linton M. Traub;Maureen A. Downs;Jennifer L. Westrich;Daved H. Fremont

  • The autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH) protein interfaces directly with the clathrin-coat machinery

    Sanjay K. Mishra;Simon C. Watkins;Linton M. Traub

  • Syp1 is a conserved endocytic adaptor that contains domains involved in cargo selection and membrane tubulation.

    Amanda Reider;Sarah L Barker;Sanjay K Mishra;Young Jun Im

  • Epsin binds to clathrin by associating directly with the clathrin-terminal domain. Evidence for cooperative binding through two discrete sites.

    Matthew T. Drake;Maureen A. Downs;Linton M. Traub

  • Molecular Switches Involving the AP-2 β2 Appendage Regulate Endocytic Cargo Selection and Clathrin Coat Assembly

    Melissa A. Edeling;Sanjay K. Mishra;Peter A. Keyel;Amie L. Steinhauser

  • Niemann-pick type C1 (NPC1) overexpression alters cellular cholesterol homeostasis.

    Elizabeth E. Millard;Kalpana Srivastava;Linton M. Traub;Jean E. Schaffer

  • Clathrin- and AP-2-binding sites in HIP1 uncover a general assembly role for endocytic accessory proteins.

    Sanjay K. Mishra;Nicole R. Agostinelli;Tom J. Brett;Ikuko Mizukami

  • A Single Common Portal for Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis of Distinct Cargo Governed by Cargo-selective Adaptors

    Peter A. Keyel;Sanjay K. Mishra;Robyn Roth;John E. Heuser

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon C. Watkins
Simon C. Watkins University of Pittsburgh
Stuart Kornfeld
Stuart Kornfeld Washington University in St. Louis
John E. Heuser
John E. Heuser Washington University in St. Louis
Espen Stang
Espen Stang Oslo University Hospital
Beverly Wendland
Beverly Wendland Johns Hopkins University
Daved H. Fremont
Daved H. Fremont Washington University in St. Louis
Gerard Apodaca
Gerard Apodaca University of Pittsburgh
Daniel S. Ory
Daniel S. Ory Washington University in St. Louis
Jean E. Schaffer
Jean E. Schaffer Harvard University
Juan S. Bonifacino
Juan S. Bonifacino National Institutes of Health

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