Spatial Organization of the Cytoskeleton enhances Cargo Delivery to Specific Target Areas on the Plasma Membrane of Spherical Cells [PDF]
, 2016 Intracellular transport is vital for the proper functioning and survival of a cell. Cargo (proteins, vesicles, organelles, etc.) is transferred from its place of creation to its target locations via molecular motor assisted transport along cytoskeletal ...
Hafner, Anne E., Rieger, Heiko
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Identification of new genes involved in human adipogenesis and fat storage. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Since the worldwide increase in obesity represents a growing challenge for health care systems, new approaches are needed to effectively treat obesity and its associated diseases. One prerequisite for advances in this field is the identification of genes
Jörn Söhle +7 more
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PLoS Genetics, 2020 Ciliary dyneins are preassembled in the cytoplasm before being transported into cilia, and a family of proteins containing the PIH1 domain, PIH proteins, are involved in the assembly process.
Ryosuke Yamamoto +7 more
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Parasite motility is critical for virulence of African trypanosomes. [PDF]
, 2018 African trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei spp., are lethal pathogens that cause substantial human suffering and limit economic development in some of the world's most impoverished regions.
Geng, Quanjie +6 more
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Kinesin and dynein use distinct mechanisms to bypass obstacles
eLife, 2019 Kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein are microtubule (MT) motors that transport intracellular cargoes. It remains unclear how these motors move along MTs densely coated with obstacles of various sizes in the cytoplasm.
Luke S Ferro +4 more
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FBB18 participates in preassembly of almost all axonemal dyneins independent of R2TP complex.
PLoS Genetics, 2022 Assembly of dynein arms requires cytoplasmic processes which are mediated by dynein preassembly factors (DNAAFs). CFAP298, which is conserved in organisms with motile cilia, is required for assembly of dynein arms but with obscure mechanisms.
Limei Wang +3 more
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The IDA3 adapter, required for intraflagellar transport of I1 dynein, is regulated by ciliary length [PDF]
, 2018 Axonemal dyneins, including inner dynein arm I1, assemble in the cytoplasm prior to transport into cilia by intraflagellar transport (IFT). How I1 dynein interacts with IFT is not understood.
Alford, Lea M +14 more
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eLife, 2022 Mutations in the microtubule (MT)-binding protein doublecortin (DCX) or in the MT-based molecular motor dynein result in lissencephaly. However, a functional link between DCX and dynein has not been defined.
Xiaoqin Fu +7 more
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Neurodegenerative Mutation in Cytoplasmic Dynein Alters Its Organization and Dynein-Dynactin and Dynein-Kinesin Interactions [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010 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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Inner lumen proteins stabilize doublet microtubules in cilia and flagella
Nature Communications, 2019 Microtubules in cilia are sufficiently stable to withstand the beating motion, but how they are stabilized while serving as tracks for intraflagellar transport and axonemal dyneins remains unknown.
Mikito Owa +8 more
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