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ArticleNature communications2024

Uncovering structural themes across cilia microtubule inner proteins with implications for human cilia function.

Jens S Andersen, Aaran Vijayakumaran, Christopher Godbehere, Esben Lorentzen, Vito Mennella, Kenneth Bødtker Schou

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Microtubule inner proteins in apicomplexan parasites.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jens S Andersen *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark. jens.andersen@bmb.sdu.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6091-140X
Aaran Vijayakumaran *MRC Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QR, Cambridge, UK.
Christopher Godbehere *MRC Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QR, Cambridge, UK.
Esben LorentzenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Universitetsbyen 81, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Vito MennellaMRC Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QR, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-9012
Kenneth Bødtker SchouThe Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Danish Cancer Institute, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark. kensch@cancer.dk.

Funding

Det Frie Forskningsråd (Danish Council for Independent Research) 8021-00425B
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centrosomes and cilia are microtubule-based superstructures vital for cell division, signaling, and motility. The once thought hollow lumen of their microtubule core structures was recently found to hold a rich meshwork of microtubule inner proteins (MIPs). To address the outstanding question of how distinct MIPs evolved to recognize microtubule inner surfaces, we applied computational sequence analyses, structure predictions, and experimental validation to uncover evolutionarily conserved microtubule- and MIP-binding modules named NWE, SNYG, and ELLEn, and PYG and GFG-repeat by their signature motifs. These modules intermix with MT-binding DM10-modules and Mn-repeats in 24 Chlamydomonas and 33 human proteins. The modules molecular characteristics provided keys to identify elusive cross-species homologs, hitherto unknown human MIP candidates, and functional properties for seven protein subfamilies, including the microtubule seam-binding NWE and ELLEn families. Our work defines structural innovations that underpin centriole and axoneme assembly and demonstrates that MIPs co-evolved with centrosomes and cilia.

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CiliaMicrotubule ProteinsAxonemeCentriolesHumansMicrotubulesMicrotubule Proteins

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PMID38538594
PMCPMC10973386

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