Ciliopathies

DA Braun, F Hildebrandt - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies (NPHP-RC) are a group of inherited diseases that
affect genes encoding proteins that localize to primary cilia or centrosomes. With few …

The intraflagellar transport machinery

M Taschner, E Lorentzen - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are evolutionarily conserved organelles that protrude from the
cell surface. The unique location and properties of cilia allow them to function in vital …

A spatial interactome reveals the protein organization of the algal CO2-concentrating mechanism

LCM Mackinder, C Chen, RD Leib, W Patena, SR Blum… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Approximately one-third of global CO 2 fixation is performed by eukaryotic algae. Nearly all
algae enhance their carbon assimilation by operating a CO 2-concentrating mechanism …

IFT–cargo interactions and protein transport in cilia

KF Lechtreck - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
The motile and sensory functions of cilia and flagella are indispensable for human health.
Cilia assembly requires a dedicated protein shuttle, intraflagellar transport (IFT), a …

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 …

Human IFT-A complex structures provide molecular insights into ciliary transport

M Jiang, VR Palicharla, D Miller, SH Hwang, H Zhu… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) complexes, IFT-A and IFT-B, form bidirectional trains that move
along the axonemal microtubules and are essential for assembling and maintaining cilia …

Intraflagellar transport and ciliary dynamics

H Ishikawa, WF Marshall - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cilia and flagella are microtubule-based organelles whose assembly requires a motile
process, known as intraflagellar transport (IFT), to bring tubulin and other components to the …

The cryo-EM structure of intraflagellar transport trains reveals how dynein is inactivated to ensure unidirectional anterograde movement in cilia

MA Jordan, DR Diener, L Stepanek, G Pigino - Nature cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Movement of cargos along microtubules plays key roles in diverse cellular processes, from
signalling to mitosis. In cilia, rapid movement of ciliary components along the microtubules to …

Dynamics of the IFT machinery at the ciliary tip

A Chien, SM Shih, R Bower, D Tritschler, ME Porter… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is essential for the elongation and maintenance of eukaryotic
cilia and flagella. Due to the traffic jam of multiple trains at the ciliary tip, how IFT trains are …

An in vitro assay for entry into cilia reveals unique properties of the soluble diffusion barrier

DK Breslow, EF Koslover, F Seydel… - Journal of Cell …, 2013 - rupress.org
Specific proteins are concentrated within primary cilia, whereas others remain excluded. To
understand the mechanistic basis of entry into cilia, we developed an in vitro assay using …