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ArticleCell reports2018

Disease-Associated Mutations in CEP120 Destabilize the Protein and Impair Ciliogenesis.

Nimesh Joseph, Caezar Al-Jassar, Christopher M Johnson, Antonina Andreeva, Deepak D Barnabas, Stefan M V Freund, Fanni Gergely, Mark van Breugel

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nimesh JosephCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
Caezar Al-JassarMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Christopher M JohnsonMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Antonina AndreevaMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Deepak D BarnabasMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Stefan M V FreundMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Fanni GergelyCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK. Electronic address: fanni.gergely@cruk.cam.ac.uk.
Mark van BreugelMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. Electronic address: vanbreug@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
Medical Research Council · GBMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 17043Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ciliopathies are a group of genetic disorders caused by a failure to form functional cilia. Due to a lack of structural information, it is currently poorly understood how ciliopathic mutations affect protein functionality to give rise to the underlying disease. Using X-ray crystallography, we show that the ciliopathy-associated centriolar protein CEP120 contains three C2 domains. The point mutations V194A and A199P, which cause Joubert syndrome (JS) and Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (JATD), respectively, both reduce the thermostability of the second C2 domain by targeting residues that point toward its hydrophobic core. Genome-engineered cells homozygous for these mutations have largely normal centriole numbers but show reduced CEP120 levels, compromised recruitment of distal centriole markers, and deficient cilia formation. Our results provide insight into the disease mechanism of two ciliopathic mutations in CEP120, identify putative binding partners of CEP120 C2B, and suggest a complex genotype-phenotype relation of the CEP120 ciliopathy alleles.

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OrganogenesisAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCell LineCentriolesCentrosomeCiliaMiceModels, MolecularMutationProtein DomainsProtein StabilityTemperatureZebrafishCell Cycle ProteinsCEP120 protein, humanbasal bodycentriolecentrosomeCEP120ciliaciliopathyJATDJeuene syndromeJoubert syndrome

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PMID29847808
PMCPMC5990496
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