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Aliasgar Topiwalla

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignORCID 0009-0002-1837-8477Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:yeast· 1

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BiochemistryThe Journal of Cell BiologyPeer-reviewedOct 30, 2026

Yeast PI(3,4,5)P3 controls vacuole fusion through Vam7 and membrane microdomain assembly

Chi Zhang, Jorge D. Calderin, Vito Failla…·Rutilio A. Fratti

This study identifies PI(3,4,5)P3 as a regulator of yeast vacuole fusion, showing it controls vertex microdomain assembly and retains the SNARE Vam7 on membranes.

DOI 10.1083/jcb.202510232

yeastexperimental assay

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