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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2019

Molecular architecture of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome protein 2-7-9 subcomplex.

W Grant Ludlam, Takuma Aoba, Jorge Cuéllar, M Teresa Bueno-Carrasco, Aman Makaju, James D Moody, Sarah Franklin, José M Valpuesta, Barry M Willardson

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Coats-like exudative vasculopathy in a patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2026
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  6. Structure and dynamics of photoreceptor sensory cilia.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

W Grant LudlamDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.ORCID 0000-0002-2701-8791
Takuma AobaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Jorge CuéllarCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
M Teresa Bueno-CarrascoCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1586-2589
Aman MakajuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
James D MoodyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.ORCID 0000-0003-2266-5348
Sarah FranklinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
José M ValpuestaCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain jmv@cnb.csic.es.
Barry M WillardsonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 bmwillardson@chem.byu.edu.
Brigham Young University · USCentro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Structural basis for chaperone-dependent folding of beta-propeller proteins essential for visionR01EY012287 · NEI · BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · PI WILLARDSON, BARRY M · 1999 to 2022
$5.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetic disorder characterized by malfunctions in primary cilia resulting from mutations that disrupt the function of the BBSome, an 8-subunit complex that plays an important role in protein transport in primary cilia. To better understand the molecular basis of BBS, here we used an integrative structural modeling approach consisting of EM and chemical cross-linking coupled with MS analyses, to analyze the structure of a BBSome 2-7-9 subcomplex consisting of three homologous BBS proteins, BBS2, BBS7, and BBS9. The resulting molecular model revealed an overall structure that resembles a flattened triangle. We found that within this structure, BBS2 and BBS7 form a tight dimer through a coiled-coil interaction and that BBS9 associates with the dimer via an interaction with the α-helical domain of BBS2. Interestingly, a BBS-associated mutation of BBS2 (R632P) is located in its α-helical domain at the interface between BBS2 and BBS9, and binding experiments indicated that this mutation disrupts the BBS2-BBS9 interaction. This finding suggests that BBSome assembly is disrupted by the R632P substitution, providing molecular insights that may explain the etiology of BBS in individuals harboring this mutation.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBardet-Biedl SyndromeCiliaCytoskeletal ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansMass SpectrometryMicroscopy, ElectronModels, MolecularMutationProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBbs2 protein, humanBbs7 protein, humanBBS9 protein, humanCytoskeletal ProteinsProteinsBardet-Biedl syndromeCilia transportciliopathyelectron microscopy (EM)homology modelingintegrated modelingmass spectrometry (MS)protein assemblyprotein complexprotein cross-linking

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PMID31530639
PMCPMC6827290
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