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ArticlePLoS genetics2021

Motor domain-mediated autoinhibition dictates axonal transport by the kinesin UNC-104/KIF1A.

Dezi Cong, Jinqi Ren, Yurong Zhou, Shuang Wang, Jingjing Liang, Mei Ding, Wei Feng

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2021. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dezi CongState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5692-235X
Jinqi RenNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5109-2828
Yurong ZhouState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shuang WangCollege of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4321-9881
Jingjing LiangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Mei DingState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0576-6024
Wei FengCollege of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The UNC-104/KIF1A motor is crucial for axonal transport of synaptic vesicles, but how the UNC-104/KIF1A motor is activated in vivo is not fully understood. Here, we identified point mutations located in the motor domain or the inhibitory CC1 domain, which resulted in gain-of-function alleles of unc-104 that exhibit hyperactive axonal transport and abnormal accumulation of synaptic vesicles. In contrast to the cell body localization of wild type motor, the mutant motors accumulate on neuronal processes. Once on the neuronal process, the mutant motors display dynamic movement similarly to wild type motors. The gain-of-function mutation on the motor domain leads to an active dimeric conformation, releasing the inhibitory CC1 region from the motor domain. Genetically engineered mutations in the motor domain or CC1 of UNC-104, which disrupt the autoinhibitory interface, also led to the gain of function and hyperactivation of axonal transport. Thus, the CC1/motor domain-mediated autoinhibition is crucial for UNC-104/KIF1A-mediated axonal transport in vivo.

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AnimalsAxonal TransportCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGain of Function MutationGenetic EngineeringKinesinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsProtein DomainsSynaptic VesiclesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsKinesinsNerve Tissue ProteinsUNC-104 protein, C elegans

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PMCPMC8659337
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