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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

An amino acid-resolution interactome for motile cilia identifies the structure and function of ciliopathy protein complexes.

Caitlyn L McCafferty, Ophelia Papoulas, Chanjae Lee, Khanh Huy Bui, David W Taylor, Edward M Marcotte, John B Wallingford

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Article in Developmental cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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Caitlyn L McCaffertyDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: caitie.mccafferty@gmail.com.
Ophelia PapoulasDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Chanjae LeeDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Khanh Huy BuiDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
David W TaylorDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Edward M MarcotteDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: marcotte@utexas.edu.
John B WallingfordDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: wallingford@austin.utexas.edu.

Funding

Mapping the CPLANE interactome, an extensive protein interaction network underlying human ciliopathiesR01HD085901 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI EDWARD M MARCOTTE, John B Wallingford · 2016 to 2026
$6.2M
Proteomics and model organism humanization to decode human geneticsR35GM122480 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI EDWARD M MARCOTTE · 2017 to 2026
$5.4M
Development and function in mucociliary epitheliaR01HL117164 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI John B Wallingford · 2013 to 2026
$4.7M
Imaging macromolecular machines in gene regulationR35GM138348 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI TAYLOR, DAVID W · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117164NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD085901NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122480NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motile cilia are ancient, evolutionarily conserved organelles whose dysfunction underlies motile ciliopathies, a broad class of human diseases. Motile cilia contain a myriad of different proteins that assemble into an array of distinct machines, and understanding the interactions and functional hierarchies among them presents an important challenge. Here, we defined the protein interactome of motile axonemes using cross-linking mass spectrometry in Tetrahymena thermophila. From over 19,000 cross-links, we identified over 4,700 unique amino acid interactions among over 1,100 distinct proteins, providing both macromolecular and atomic-scale insights into diverse ciliary machines, including the intraflagellar transport system, axonemal dynein arms, radial spokes, the 96-nm ruler, and microtubule inner proteins. Guided by this dataset, we used vertebrate multiciliated cells to reveal functional interactions among several poorly defined human ciliopathy proteins. This dataset provides a resource for studying the biology of an ancient organelle and the molecular etiology of human genetic disease.

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Amino AcidsCiliaCiliopathiesProtozoan ProteinsTetrahymena thermophilaAnimalsAxonemeHumansAmino AcidsProtozoan Proteinsciliaciliopathycross-linking/mass spectrometrymulticiliated cellsprotein-protein interactionsproteomics

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