Ciliary Dyneins and Dynein Related Ciliopathies [PDF]
Although ubiquitously present, the relevance of cilia for vertebrate development and health has long been underrated. However, the aberration or dysfunction of ciliary structures or components results in a large heterogeneous group of disorders in ...
Dinu Antony +2 more
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Neurodegenerative Mutation in Cytoplasmic Dynein Alters Its Organization and Dynein-Dynactin and Dynein-Kinesin Interactions [PDF]
A single amino acid change, F580Y (Legs at odd angles (Loa), Dync1h1(Loa)), in the highly conserved and overlapping homodimerization, intermediate chain, and light intermediate chain binding domain of the cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain can cause severe motor and sensory neuron loss in mice.
Deng, Wenhan +7 more
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Dynein is a microtubule motor the motility of which is affected by the microtubule-associated protein She1. Here, the authors show that She1 alters dynein stepping behavior and increases its microtubule affinity through simultaneous interactions with the
Kari H. Ecklund +5 more
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Cilia-mediated signalling in the embryonic nodes: A computational fluid-structure-protein interaction (FSPI) model [PDF]
This paper was presented at the 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009), which was held at Brunel University, West London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IPEM, the ...
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Dynein and dynein-related genes [PDF]
Dyneins are large, multisubunit ATPases that interact with microtubules to generate force. Dyneins move eukaryotic cilia and flagella and are in the cytoplasm, where they are involved in the transport of particles and organelles along microtubules and in the transport of condensed chromosomes during mitosis [reviewed in Holzbaur et al., 1994; Gibbons ...
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Dynactin has two antagonistic regulatory domains and exerts opposing effects on dynein motility. [PDF]
Dynactin is a dynein-regulating protein that increases the processivity of dynein movement on microtubules. Recent studies have shown that a tripartite complex of dynein-dynactin-Bicaudal D2 is essential for highly processive movement.
Takuya Kobayashi +3 more
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A single protofilament is sufficient to support unidirectional walking of dynein and kinesin. [PDF]
Cytoplasmic dynein and kinesin are two-headed microtubule motor proteins that move in opposite directions on microtubules. It is known that kinesin steps by a 'hand-over-hand' mechanism, but it is unclear by which mechanism dynein steps.
Keitaro Shibata +6 more
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WDR60-mediated dynein-2 loading into cilia powers retrograde IFT and transition zone crossing [PDF]
The dynein-2 motor complex drives retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT), playing a pivotal role in the assembly and functions of cilia. However, the mechanisms that regulate dynein-2 motility remain poorly understood.
Dantas, T +8 more
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Dynein modifiers in C. elegans: light chains suppress conditional heavy chain mutants. [PDF]
Cytoplasmic dynein is a microtubule-dependent motor protein that functions in mitotic cells during centrosome separation, metaphase chromosome congression, anaphase spindle elongation, and chromosome segregation. Dynein is also utilized during interphase
Sean M O'Rourke +3 more
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Mitotic control of kinetochore-associated dynein and spindle orientation by human Spindly [PDF]
Mitotic spindle formation and chromosome segregation depend critically on kinetochore-microtubule (KT-MT) interactions. A new protein, termed Spindly in Drosophila and SPDL-1 in C.
Erich A. Nigg +15 more
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