Structural biology of cilia and intraflagellar transport

N Klena, G Pigino - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cilia are ubiquitous microtubule-based eukaryotic organelles that project from the cell to
generate motility or function in cellular signaling. Motile cilia or flagella contain axonemal …

Structure and mechanics of dynein motors

JT Canty, R Tan, E Kusakci… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Dyneins make up a family of AAA+ motors that move toward the minus end of microtubules.
Cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for transporting intracellular cargos in interphase cells …

Molecular mechanism of dynein-dynactin complex assembly by LIS1

K Singh, CK Lau, G Manigrasso, JB Gama… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Cytoplasmic dynein is a microtubule motor vital for cellular organization and division. It
functions as a~ 4-megadalton complex containing its cofactor dynactin and a cargo-specific …

Structure of a microtubule-bound axonemal dynein

T Walton, H Wu, A Brown - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Axonemal dyneins are tethered to doublet microtubules inside cilia to drive ciliary beating, a
process critical for cellular motility and extracellular fluid flow. Axonemal dyneins are …

Integrated modeling of the Nexin-dynein regulatory complex reveals its regulatory mechanism

A Ghanaeian, S Majhi, CL McCafferty, B Nami… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cilia are hairlike protrusions that project from the surface of eukaryotic cells and play key
roles in cell signaling and motility. Ciliary motility is regulated by the conserved nexin-dynein …

The structural basis of intraflagellar transport at a glance

MA Jordan, G Pigino - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The intraflagellar transport (IFT) system is a remarkable molecular machine used by cells to
assemble and maintain the cilium, a long organelle extending from eukaryotic cells that …

Cargo adapters expand the transport range of intraflagellar transport

K Lechtreck - Journal of cell science, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The assembly and maintenance of most cilia and eukaryotic flagella depends on
intraflagellar transport (IFT), the bidirectional movement of multi-megadalton IFT trains along …

Remodeling and activation mechanisms of outer arm dyneins revealed by cryo‐EM

S Kubo, SK Yang, CS Black, D Dai… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Cilia are thin microtubule‐based protrusions of eukaryotic cells. The swimming of ciliated
protists and sperm cells is propelled by the beating of cilia. Cilia propagate the flow of mucus …

Motor cooperation during mitosis and ciliogenesis

G Ou, JM Scholey - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cilia and mitotic spindles are microtubule (MT)-based, macromolecular machines that
consecutively assemble and disassemble during interphase and M phase of the cell cycle …

Functional partitioning of a liquid-like organelle during assembly of axonemal dyneins

C Lee, RM Cox, O Papoulas, A Horani, K Drew… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Ciliary motility is driven by axonemal dyneins that are assembled in the cytoplasm before
deployment to cilia. Motile ciliopathy can result from defects in the dyneins themselves or …