Katharina Ribbeck Katharina studies Ran and small molecules.

Email: katharina_ribbeck * hms.harvard.edu

Publications Ribbeck K, Raemaekers T, Carmeliet G, Mattaj IW. A role for NuSAP in linking microtubules to mitotic chromosomes. Curr Biol. 2007 Feb 6;17(3):230-6. PubMed Ribbeck K, Mitchison TJ. Meiotic spindle: sculpted by severing. Curr Biol. 2006 Nov 7;16(21):R923-5. PubMed Ribbeck K, Groen AC, Santarella R, Bohnsack MT, Raemaekers T, Kocher T, Gentzel M, Gorlich D, Wilm M, Carmeliet G, Mitchison TJ, Ellenberg J, Hoenger A, Mattaj IW. NuSAP, a mitotic RanGTP target that stabilizes and cross-links microtubules. Mol Biol Cell. 2006 Jun;17(6):2646-60. Epub 2006 Mar 29. PubMed Crm1 is a mitotic effector of Ran-GTP in somatic cells. Comment in: Nat Cell Biol. 2005 Jun;7(6):551-2. Nat Cell Biol. 2005 Jun;7(6):626-32. PubMed Raemaekers T, Ribbeck K, Beaudouin J, Annaert W, Van Camp M, Stockmans I, Smets N, Bouillon R, Ellenberg J, Carmeliet G. NuSAP, a novel microtubule-associated protein involved in mitotic spindle organization. J Cell Biol. 2003 Sep 15;162(6):1017-29. Epub 2003 Sep 8. PubMed Marin K, Suzuki I, Yamaguchi K, Ribbeck K, Yamamoto H, Kanesaki Y, Hagemann M, Murata N. Identification of histidine kinases that act as sensors in the perception of salt stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jul 22;100(15):9061-6. Epub 2003 Jul 9. PubMed Gorlich D, Seewald MJ, Ribbeck K. Characterization of Ran-driven cargo transport and the RanGTPase system by kinetic measurements and computer simulation. EMBO J. 2003 Mar 3;22(5):1088-100. PubMed Ribbeck K, Gorlich D. The permeability barrier of nuclear pore complexes appears to operate via hydrophobic exclusion. EMBO J. 2002 Jun 3;21(11):2664-71. PubMed Ribbeck K, Gorlich D. Kinetic analysis of translocation through nuclear pore complexes. EMBO J. 2001 Mar 15;20(6):1320-30. PubMed Bachi A, Braun IC, Rodrigues JP, Pante N, Ribbeck K, von Kobbe C, Kutay U, Wilm M, Gorlich D, Carmo-Fonseca M, Izaurralde E. The C-terminal domain of TAP interacts with the nuclear pore complex and promotes export of specific CTE-bearing RNA substrates. RNA. 2000 Jan;6(1):136-58. PubMed Bayliss R, Ribbeck K, Akin D, Kent HM, Feldherr CM, Gorlich D, Stewart M. Interaction between NTF2 and xFxFG-containing nucleoporins is required to mediate nuclear import of RanGDP. J Mol Biol. 1999 Oct 29;293(3):579-93. PubMed Ribbeck K, Kutay U, Paraskeva E, Gorlich D. The translocation of transportin-cargo complexes through nuclear pores is independent of both Ran and energy. Curr Biol. 1999 Jan 14;9(1):47-50. PubMed Ribbeck K, Lipowsky G, Kent HM, Stewart M, Gorlich D. NTF2 mediates nuclear import of Ran. EMBO J. 1998 Nov 16;17(22):6587-98. PubMed Ferrari MB, Ribbeck K, Hagler DJ, Spitzer NC. A calcium signaling cascade essential for myosin thick filament assembly in Xenopus myocytes. J Cell Biol. 1998 Jun 15;141(6):1349-56. PubMed