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Cargo adaptors regulate stepping and force generation of mammalian dynein-dynactin. [PDF]

, 2019
Cytoplasmic dynein is an ATP-driven motor that transports intracellular cargos along microtubules. Dynein adopts an inactive conformation when not attached to a cargo, and motility is activated when dynein assembles with dynactin and a cargo adaptor.
Blanchard, Scott C, Canty, John T, Elshenawy, Mohamed M, Ferro, Luke S, Oster, Liya, Yildiz, Ahmet, Zhou, Zhou   +6 more
core  

Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies for Detecting the Tubulin Post‐Translational Modifications Glutamylation and Lysine‐40 Acetylation

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐translational modifications (PTMs) to tubulin subunits in microtubule filaments are thought to comprise a component of the tubulin code that specifies microtubule functions in cell physiology and animal development. Acetylation of Lysine‐40 (K40) on α‐tubulin (αTub‐K40ac) and glutamylation of both α‐ and β‐tubulin are two tubulin PTMs of ...
Lynne Blasius, Ezekiel C. Thomas, Erik H. Collet, Erin Jenson, Chad G. Pearson, Ryoma Ohi, Kristen J. Verhey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐LECA Origin and Diversification of an Axonemal Outer Arm Dynein Motor

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dyneins were present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) and play key roles in eukaryotic biology. Axonemal dyneins form the inner and outer arms that power ciliary beating, and it has long been recognized that outer arms in some organisms contain two different heavy chain motors, whereas those from other species contain a third unit
Stephen M. King
wiley   +1 more source

Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK) : a potential cancer drug target [PDF]

, 2011
The inability to faithfully segregate chromosomes in mitosis results in chromosome instability, a hallmark of solid tumors. Disruption of microtubule dynamics contributes highly to mitotic chromosome instability.
Friel, Claire T., Louwen, Frank, Sanhaji, Mourad, Wordeman, Linda, Yuan, Juping   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Integrative genomic analysis identifies associations of molecular alterations to APOBEC and BRCA1/2 mutational signatures in breast cancer

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2019
Background The observed mutations in cancer are the result of ~30 mutational processes, which stamp particular mutational signatures (MS). Nevertheless, it is still not clear which genomic alterations correlate to several MS.
Victor Trevino
doaj   +1 more source

In Vivo Cytoskeletal AMPA Receptor Transport Imaging in C. elegans

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Long‐distance intracellular transport of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) is essential for proper excitatory synaptic function underlying learning and memory. Many neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions have abnormal iGluR transport and trafficking, leading to an intense interest in the mechanisms and factors regulating these
Michaelis A. K., Hoerndli F. J.
wiley   +1 more source

Protocol for Reconstituting Adaptor‐Mediated Activation of Full‐Length Kinesin‐1

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kinesin‐1 is a member of the kinesin superfamily that plays an essential role in intracellular cargo transport. In the absence of cargo, Kinesin‐1 exhibits low motor activity due to autoinhibition. Multiple studies have demonstrated that adaptor proteins, which link cargos to Kinesin‐1, can activate Kinesin‐1 by releasing the autoinhibition ...
Haruka Masumoto, Kyoko Chiba
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Drosophila Spire and Myosin V During Mid‐Oogenesis Is Independent of Their Direct Interaction

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cooperativity between cytoskeletal proteins is crucial for spatiotemporal coordination in biological processes, like oogenesis. In mammalian and Drosophila oogenesis, proper assembly and function of actin networks require coordination between actin assembly factors Spire and formins, as well as actin‐associated proteins like myosins and Rab ...
Joseph Y. Ong, Hannah M. Bailey, Emma Carley, Michelle Panzica, Merin Rixen, Neil Billington, Rong Liu, Margot E. Quinlan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motor proteins traffic regulation by supply-demand balance of resources

, 2014
In cells and in vitro assays the number of motor proteins involved in biological transport processes is far from being unlimited. The cytoskeletal binding sites are in contact with the same finite reservoir of motors (either the cytosol or the flow ...
Ciandrini, Luca, Dauloudet, O., Neri, I., Parmeggiani, A., Walter, Jean-Charles   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Mutations in the KIF21B kinesin gene cause neurodevelopmental disorders through imbalanced canonical motor activity

Nature Communications, 2020
Kinesins regulate intracellular transport and microtubule dynamics. Here, the authors show that KIF21B variants in humans associate with corpus callosum agenesis and microcephaly.
Laure Asselin, José Rivera Alvarez, Solveig Heide, Camille S. Bonnet, Peggy Tilly, Hélène Vitet, Chantal Weber, Carlos A. Bacino, Kristin Baranaño, Anna Chassevent, Amy Dameron, Laurence Faivre, Neil A. Hanchard, Sonal Mahida, Kirsty McWalter, Cyril Mignot, Caroline Nava, Agnès Rastetter, Haley Streff, Christel Thauvin-Robinet, Marjan M. Weiss, Gladys Zapata, Petra J. G. Zwijnenburg, Frédéric Saudou, Christel Depienne, Christelle Golzio, Delphine Héron, Juliette D. Godin   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source