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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2018

A microtubule-dynein tethering complex regulates the axonemal inner dynein f (I1).

Tomohiro Kubo, Yuqing Hou, Deborah A Cochran, George B Witman, Toshiyuki Oda

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Axonemal dynein contributions to flagellar beat types and waveforms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  9. Structural organization of the intermediate and light chain complex of Chlamydomonas ciliary I1 dynein.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
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  18. Intraflagellar transport trains and motors: Insights from structure.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomohiro KuboDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
Yuqing HouDivision of Cell Biology and Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655.
Deborah A CochranDivision of Cell Biology and Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655.
George B WitmanDivision of Cell Biology and Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655.
Toshiyuki OdaDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUniversity of Yamanashi · JP

Funding

Flagellar Motility and AssemlbyR37GM030626 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WITMAN, GEORGE B · 2007 to 2016
$6.3M
Flagellar Motility and AssemblyR35GM122574 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WITMAN, GEORGE B · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122574NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM030626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motility of cilia/flagella is generated by a coordinated activity of thousands of dyneins. Inner dynein arms (IDAs) are particularly important for the formation of ciliary/flagellar waveforms, but the molecular mechanism of IDA regulation is poorly understood. Here we show using cryoelectron tomography and biochemical analyses of Chlamydomonas flagella that a conserved protein FAP44 forms a complex that tethers IDA f (I1 dynein) head domains to the A-tubule of the axonemal outer doublet microtubule. In wild-type flagella, IDA f showed little nucleotide-dependent movement except for a tilt in the f β head perpendicular to the microtubule-sliding direction. In the absence of the tether complex, however, addition of ATP and vanadate caused a large conformational change in the IDA f head domains, suggesting that the movement of IDA f is mechanically restricted by the tether complex. Motility defects in flagella missing the tether demonstrates the importance of the IDA f-tether interaction in the regulation of ciliary/flagellar beating.

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AnimalsAxonemal DyneinsAxonemeCell MovementChlamydomonasChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCiliaCytoskeletonDyneinsFlagellaMicrotubulesSignal TransductionTetrahymenaAxonemal DyneinsDyneins

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PMID29540525
PMCPMC5921573
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