Publications

1. Chen S‡, Banerjee S‡, Liu D, Kumar K, Obara CJ, Novick P, Prinz WA, and Ferro-Novick S. Coupling of cargo to the autophagy receptor is a critical step in ER-phagy. (‡ equal contribution), Science Advances, 2026. 

 This work is highlighted in Research Highlights by Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol. (PMID: 42380261) and Nature Cell Biology (PMID: 42443479).

2. Chen S, Banerjee S, Novick P, Prinz WA, and Ferro-Novick S. Receptor–cargo coupling during ER-autophagy depends on coat proteins and ER membrane properties, Autophagy, 2026.

3. Banerjee S‡, Daetwyler S, Bai X, Michaud M, Jouhet J, Binns D, Madhugiri S, Johnson E, Wang CW, Fiolka R, Toulmay A, Prinz WA. The Vps13-like protein BLTP2 regulates phosphatidylethanolamine levels to maintain plasma membrane fluidity and breast cancer aggressiveness,  Nature Cell Biology, 2025. 

 This research was highlighted in a Research Briefing by Nature Cell Biology (PMID: 40646184).

4. Banerjee S‡ and Prinz WA. Early steps in the birth of four membrane-bound organelles – Peroxisomes, lipid droplets, lipoproteins, and autophagosomes, Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023.

5. Toulmay A, Whittle FB, Yang J, Bai X, Diarra J, Banerjee S, Levine TP, Golden A, and Prinz WA. Vps13-like proteins provide phosphatidylethanolamine for Glycophosphatidylinositol anchor synthesis in the ER, Journal of Cell Biology, 2022.

6. Banerjee S‡ and Kane PM. Regulation of V-ATPase activity and organelle pH by phosphatidylinositol phosphate lipids. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Membrane Traffic, 2020.

7. Banerjee S‡, Clapp K, Tarsio M, and Kane PM. Interaction of the late endo-lysosomal lipid PI(3,5)P2 with the Vph1isoform of yeast V-ATPase increases its activity and cellular stress tolerance, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019.

8. Banerjee S‡ and Kane PM. Direct interaction of the Golgi V-ATPase a-subunit isoform with PI(4)P drives localization of Golgi V-ATPases in yeast, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2017.

This article was selected for MBoC Highlights by the Editorial Board.