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The Fromme lab is committed to fostering diversity in our lab, in our academic community, and beyond.

Science works better when many different perspectives are considered, and no group has a monopoly on the truth.

We recognize there is a problem with a striking lack of diversity in academia, and to actively address this problem Fromme lab members participate in anti-racism workshops and lead and participate in several outreach and ambassador programs. Members of the Fromme lab helped to found the MBG Diversity Council, and continue to work with the Council to implement their recommendations.

Recent Fromme Lab News:

  • June 2024: Aaron won the Exemplary Service Award for his “efforts aimed at improving diversity, access, equity, and inclusion within academia and providing opportunities for all”!
  • June 2024: Kaitlyn passed her A-exam!
  • April 2024: The Fromme lab was awarded an NIH MIRA grant to fund our research for the next five years!
  • March 2024: Laura’s review on GTPase regulation of the Golgi complex has been published online in Current Opinion in Cell Biology!
  • February 2024: Steve’s collaboration with Hening Lin’s lab has been published in Nature Communications!
  • 现在可众用的梯子Ryan passed his A-exam!
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Research Focus:

The Golgi complex is the “Grand Central Station” within our cells, serving as the primary sorting organelle at the nexus of the secretory and endocytic trafficking pathways. For example, virtually all proteins that eukaryotic cells display on their surface at the plasma membrane are first synthesized at the endoplasmic reticulum and then trafficked to the Golgi complex. Once at the Golgi, proteins find themselves at a crossroads: they may be trafficked to the plasma membrane, to endocytic organelles, to lysosomal organelles, back to the endoplasmic reticulum, or they may remain within the Golgi complex. We view the Golgi as an excellent model for investigating how decisions are made at the level of an organelle: How does the Golgi maintain homeostasis in the face of constant flux? How does the Golgi respond to changes in cargo load? Does the Golgi communicate with other organelles?

The regulators for all incoming and outgoing Golgi traffic are GTPases of the Rab and Arf families. Arf and Rab proteins are activated by GEFs (guanine nucleotide exchange factors), which are master regulators of trafficking pathways. Despite knowing the identity of many of these regulators, the molecular and atomic basis for their regulation remains poorly defined.

Our lab discovered that GTPase activation is regulated at the Golgi through GEF autoinhibition, positive feedback, and GTPase crosstalk mechanisms. Our findings lead to a model for regulation of the Golgi in which multiple GTPases pathways, previously considered to act in isolation, are intimately connected. By investigating how the GEFs are regulated using biochemical, structural, and cell biological approaches, we aim to uncover the molecular logic governing regulation of the Golgi at a mechanistic level.

Golgi trafficking is controlled by a discrete set of GTPases

August 2015 Golgi_intro_GTPases_A

Links to descriptions of our NIH grant projects:

  • The Golgi Complex, a Protein Sorting Station
  • Traffic at the Golgi: Understanding Mechanisms of Regulation

Link to profile of our lab on the Cornell Research Website

Link to Chris’ profile on the Cornell Research Website

Steric-gating controls Rab access to the TRAPPII active site

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Chris Fromme is an Associate Professor in the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. After graduating from Cornell with a B.A. in Biology in 1999, Chris did his graduate studies at Harvard University, receiving a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2004. He then did postdoctoral work as a Miller Institute Fellow at UC Berkeley, where he began his work on protein trafficking and membrane transport. He joined the Cornell faculty in 2008.

Chris Fromme, Ph.D
Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
457 Weill Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-7202

jcf14@cornell.edu

(607)255-1016 (Office)
(607)255-7834 (Lab)

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Thomas, L. L., van der Vegt, S. A., & Fromme, J. C. A steric gating mechanism dictates the substrate specificity of a Rab-GEF. Dev. Cell. 2024 Jan. 7;48(1):100-114.

Halaby, S.L. and Fromme, J.C. The HUS-box is required for allosteric regulation of the Sec7 Arf-GEF. J. Biol. Chem. 2018 May 4;293(18):6682-6691.

*Thomas, L.L., *Joiner, A.M.N., and Fromme, J.C. The TRAPPIII complex activates the GTPase Ypt1 (Rab1) in the secretory pathway. 现在墙内可众用的梯子 2018 Jan 2;217(1):283-298.

Gustafson, M.A. and Fromme, J.C. Regulation of Arf activation occurs via distinct mechanisms at early and late Golgi compartments. Mol. Biol. Cell 2017 Dec 1;28(25):3660-3671.

Thomas, L.L., and Fromme, J.C. GTPase cross talk regulates TRAPPII activation of Rab11 homologues during vesicle biogenesis. 现在可众用的梯子 2016 Nov 21;215(4):499-513.

Richardson, B.C., Halaby, S.L., Gustafson, M.A., and Fromme, J.C. The Sec7 N-terminal regulatory domains facilitate membrane-proximal activation of the Arf1 GTPase. eLife. 10.7554/eLife.12411.

McDonold, C.M., and Fromme, J.C. Four GTPases differentially regulate the Sec7 Arf-GEF to direct traffic at the trans-Golgi network.   2022还能用的梯子. 2014 Sept 29; 30(6): 759-767.

Paczkowski, J.E., and Fromme, J.C. Structural basis for membrane binding and remodeling by the exomer secretory vesicle cargo adaptor.   Dev. Cell. 2014 Sept 8; 30(5): 610-624.

Weiskoff, A.M., and Fromme, J.C. Distinct N-terminal regions of the exomer secretory vesicle cargo Chs3 regulate its trafficking itinerary.   Front. Cell Dev. Biol.. 2014 Sept 3; 2: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00047.

Richardson BC, Fromme JC. The exomer cargo adaptor features a flexible hinge domain.  Structure. 2013 Mar 5; 21(3):486-92. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2013.01.003. Epub 2013 Feb 7.

*Paczkowski JE, *Richardson BC, Strassner AM, Fromme JC. 【梯子】分享一个“合法科学上网”的浏览器——酷鸟浏览器 ...:2021-6-8 · 酷鸟浏览器前段时间的公测体验,只要有一个邀请码就能体验科学上网,浏览墙外网站。然而,如何获得这个“邀请码”就成了个问题。然后有大佬用C++模拟按键暴力获得"酷鸟浏览器"邀请码不过现在 …  现在可众用的梯子 J. 2012 Nov 5; 31(21):4191-203. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.268. Epub 2012 Sep 21.

Richardson BC, McDonold CM, Fromme JC. The Sec7 Arf-GEF is recruited to the trans-Golgi network by positive feedback. Dev Cell. 2012 Apr 17; 22(4):799-810. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.02.006.

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