Intraflagellar transport: mechanisms of motor action, cooperation, and cargo delivery

B Prevo, JM Scholey, EJG Peterman - The FEBS journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is a form of motor‐dependent cargo transport that is essential for
the assembly, maintenance, and length control of cilia, which play critical roles in motility …

The structural basis of intraflagellar transport at a glance

MA Jordan, G Pigino - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The intraflagellar transport (IFT) system is a remarkable molecular machine used by cells to
assemble and maintain the cilium, a long organelle extending from eukaryotic cells that …

Kinesin assembly and movement in cells

KJ Verhey, N Kaul, V Soppina - Annual review of biophysics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Long-distance transport in eukaryotic cells is driven by molecular motors that move along
microtubule tracks. Molecular motors of the kinesin superfamily contain a kinesin motor …

Kinesin-2: a family of heterotrimeric and homodimeric motors with diverse intracellular transport functions

JM Scholey - Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Kinesin-2 was first purified as a heterotrimeric, anterograde, microtubule-based motor
consisting of two distinct kinesin-related subunits and a novel associated protein (KAP) that …

Architecture of the IFT ciliary trafficking machinery and interplay between its components

K Nakayama, Y Katoh - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cilia and flagella serve as cellular antennae and propellers in various eukaryotic cells, and
contain specific receptors and ion channels as well as components of axonemal …

[HTML][HTML] Intraflagellar transport trains and motors: Insights from structure

S Webb, AG Mukhopadhyay, AJ Roberts - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) sculpts the proteome of cilia and flagella; the antenna-like
organelles found on the surface of virtually all human cell types. By delivering proteins to the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of regulation in intraflagellar transport

W Mul, A Mitra, EJG Peterman - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cilia are eukaryotic organelles essential for movement, signaling or sensing. Primary cilia
act as antennae to sense a cell's environment and are involved in a wide range of signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphoregulation of kinesins involved in long-range intracellular transport

D Kumari, K Ray - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Kinesins, the microtubule-dependent mechanochemical enzymes, power a variety of
intracellular movements. Regulation of Kinesin activity and Kinesin-cargo interactions …

Intraflagellar transport velocity is governed by the number of active KIF17 and KIF3AB motors and their motility properties under load

B Milic, JOL Andreasson… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Homodimeric KIF17 and heterotrimeric KIF3AB are processive, kinesin-2 family motors that
act jointly to carry out anterograde intraflagellar transport (IFT), ferrying cargo along …

KAP is the neuronal organelle adaptor for Kinesin-2 KIF3AB and KIF3AC

A Garbouchian, AC Montgomery… - Molecular Biology of …, 2022 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Kinesin-driven organelle transport is crucial for neuron development and maintenance, yet
the mechanisms by which kinesins specifically bind their organelle cargoes remain …