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ArticleJournal of cell science2010

CMF70 is a subunit of the dynein regulatory complex.

Zakayi P Kabututu, Michelle Thayer, Jason H Melehani, Kent L Hill

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. PCD Genes-From Patients to Model Organisms and Back to Humans.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  7. Trypanin Disruption Affects the Motility and Infectivity of the ProtozoanFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  11. Ciliary Motility: Regulation of Axonemal Dynein Motors.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2017
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zakayi P KabututuDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Michelle Thayer
Jason H Melehani
Kent L Hill
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA NIGMS T32 Program AssessmentT32GM007185 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TORRES, JORGE · 1985 to 2020
$21.7M
MARC U*STAR Program at the University of California, Los AngelesT34GM008563 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MCEVOY, MEGAN M, POE, GINA R · 1996 to 2023
$9.7M
Biochemical and Functional Analysis of TrypaninR01AI052348 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HILL, KENT L · 2002 to 2023
$7.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052348NIAID NIH HHS R01AI052348NIGMS NIH HHS GM07185NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007185NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM008563NIGMS NIH HHS T34GM08563-15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flagellar motility drives propulsion of several important pathogens and is essential for human development and physiology. Motility of the eukaryotic flagellum requires coordinate regulation of thousands of dynein motors arrayed along the axoneme, but the proteins underlying dynein regulation are largely unknown. The dynein regulatory complex, DRC, is recognized as a focal point of axonemal dynein regulation, but only a single DRC subunit, trypanin/PF2, is currently known. The component of motile flagella 70 protein, CMF70, is broadly and uniquely conserved among organisms with motile flagella, suggesting a role in axonemal motility. Here we demonstrate that CMF70 is part of the DRC from Trypanosoma brucei. CMF70 is located along the flagellum, co-sediments with trypanin in sucrose gradients and co-immunoprecipitates with trypanin. RNAi knockdown of CMF70 causes motility defects in a wild-type background and suppresses flagellar paralysis in cells with central pair defects, thus meeting the functional definition of a DRC subunit. Trypanin and CMF70 are mutually conserved in at least five of six extant eukaryotic clades, indicating that the DRC was probably present in the last common eukaryotic ancestor. We have identified only the second known subunit of this ubiquitous dynein regulatory system, highlighting the utility of combined genomic and functional analyses for identifying novel subunits of axonemal sub-complexes.

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AnimalsAxonemal DyneinsFlagellaImmunoblottingImmunoprecipitationMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, FluorescenceProtozoan ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAxonemal DyneinsProtozoan ProteinsT lymphocyte triggering factor, Trypanosoma brucei

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PMID20876659
PMCPMC2951471
OpenAlexW2127314920

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