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ArticleNature communications2023

Nde1 promotes Lis1-mediated activation of dynein.

Yuanchang Zhao, Sena Oten, Ahmet Yildiz

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Characterizing dynamics of productive dynein stepping by MINFLUX.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  9. The mechanochemical cycle of reactive full-length human dynein 1.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  10. CCSer2 gates dynein activity at the cell periphery.The Journal of cell biology · 2025
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  13. Nde1 Promotes Lis1 Binding to Full-Length Autoinhibited Human Dynein-1.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. Stepping dynamics of dynein characterized by MINFLUX.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  18. CCSer2 gates dynein activity at the cell periphery.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  19. VezA/vezatin facilitates proper assembly of the dynactin complex in vivo.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuanchang ZhaoPhysics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1458-5321
Sena OtenDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA.
Ahmet YildizPhysics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA. yildiz@berkeley.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4792-174X
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

The Mechanism and Regulation of the Dynein Transport MachineryR35GM136414 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Ahmet Yildiz · 2020 to 2026
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoplasmic dynein drives the motility and force generation functions towards the microtubule minus end. The assembly of dynein with dynactin and a cargo adaptor in an active transport complex is facilitated by Lis1 and Nde1/Ndel1. Recent studies proposed that Lis1 relieves dynein from its autoinhibited conformation, but the physiological function of Nde1/Ndel1 remains elusive. Here, we investigate how human Nde1 and Lis1 regulate the assembly and subsequent motility of mammalian dynein using in vitro reconstitution and single molecule imaging. We find that Nde1 recruits Lis1 to autoinhibited dynein and promotes Lis1-mediated assembly of dynein-dynactin adaptor complexes. Nde1 can compete with the α2 subunit of platelet activator factor acetylhydrolase 1B (PAF-AH1B) for the binding of Lis1, which suggests that Nde1 may disrupt PAF-AH1B recruitment of Lis1 as a noncatalytic subunit, thus promoting Lis1 binding to dynein. Before the initiation of motility, the association of dynactin with dynein triggers the dissociation of Nde1 from dynein by competing against Nde1 binding to the dynein intermediate chain. Our results provide a mechanistic explanation for how Nde1 and Lis1 synergistically activate the dynein transport machinery.

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DyneinsMicrotubule-Associated Proteins1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine EsteraseAnimalsCytoskeletonDynactin ComplexHumansMammalsMicrotubules1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine EsteraseDynactin ComplexDyneinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNde1 protein, human

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