The dynein regulatory complex is the nexin link and a major regulatory node in cilia and flagella

T Heuser, M Raytchev, J Krell, ME Porter… - Journal of Cell …, 2009 - rupress.org
Cilia and flagella are highly conserved microtubule (MT)-based organelles with motile and
sensory functions, and ciliary defects have been linked to several human diseases. The 9+ 2 …

Ciliary motility: regulation of axonemal dynein motors

R Viswanadha, WS Sale… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Ciliary motility is crucial for the development and health of many organisms. Motility depends
on the coordinated activity of multiple dynein motors arranged in a precise pattern on the …

The N-DRC forms a conserved biochemical complex that maintains outer doublet alignment and limits microtubule sliding in motile axonemes

R Bower, D Tritschler, K VanderWaal… - Molecular biology of …, 2013 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The nexin–dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC) is proposed to coordinate dynein arm
activity and interconnect doublet microtubules. Here we identify a conserved region in DRC4 …

Building blocks of the nexin-dynein regulatory complex in Chlamydomonas flagella

J Lin, D Tritschler, K Song, CF Barber, JS Cobb… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
The directional flow generated by motile cilia and flagella is critical for many processes,
including human development and organ function. Normal beating requires the control and …

Structure of a microtubule-bound axonemal dynein

T Walton, H Wu, A Brown - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Axonemal dyneins are tethered to doublet microtubules inside cilia to drive ciliary beating, a
process critical for cellular motility and extracellular fluid flow. Axonemal dyneins are …

Cryoelectron tomography reveals doublet-specific structures and unique interactions in the I1 dynein

T Heuser, CF Barber, J Lin, J Krell… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Cilia and flagella are highly conserved motile and sensory organelles in eukaryotes, and
defects in ciliary assembly and motility cause many ciliopathies. The two-headed I1 inner …

The CSC connects three major axonemal complexes involved in dynein regulation

T Heuser, EE Dymek, J Lin, EF Smith… - Molecular Biology of …, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Motile cilia and flagella are highly conserved organelles that play important roles in human
health and development. We recently discovered a calmodulin-and spoke-associated …

Structures of radial spokes and associated complexes important for ciliary motility

M Gui, M Ma, E Sze-Tu, X Wang, F Koh… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
In motile cilia, a mechanoregulatory network is responsible for converting the action of
thousands of dynein motors bound to doublet microtubules into a single propulsive …

X-ray structure of a functional full-length dynein motor domain

T Kon, K Sutoh, G Kurisu - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2011 - nature.com
Dyneins are large microtubule-based motors that power a wide variety of cellular processes.
Here we report a 4.5-Å X-ray crystallographic analysis of the entire functional motor domain …

Integrated modeling of the Nexin-dynein regulatory complex reveals its regulatory mechanism

A Ghanaeian, S Majhi, CL McCafferty, B Nami… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cilia are hairlike protrusions that project from the surface of eukaryotic cells and play key
roles in cell signaling and motility. Ciliary motility is regulated by the conserved nexin-dynein …