Structural biology of cilia and intraflagellar transport

N Klena, G Pigino - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cilia are ubiquitous microtubule-based eukaryotic organelles that project from the cell to
generate motility or function in cellular signaling. Motile cilia or flagella contain axonemal …

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 molecular structure of IFT-A and IFT-B in anterograde intraflagellar transport trains

SE Lacey, HE Foster, G Pigino - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Anterograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) trains are essential for cilia assembly and
maintenance. These trains are formed of 22 IFT-A and IFT-B proteins that link structural and …

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 …

Biochemically validated structural model of the 15‐subunit intraflagellar transport complex IFT‐B

NA Petriman, M Loureiro‐López, M Taschner… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Cilia are ubiquitous eukaryotic organelles impotant for cellular motility, signaling, and
sensory reception. Cilium formation requires intraflagellar transport of structural and …

IFT-A structure reveals carriages for membrane protein transport into cilia

SJ Hesketh, AG Mukhopadhyay, D Nakamura… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) trains are massive molecular machines that traffic proteins
between cilia and the cell body. Each IFT train is a dynamic polymer of two large complexes …

An organelle-specific protein landscape identifies novel diseases and molecular mechanisms

K Boldt, J Van Reeuwijk, Q Lu, K Koutroumpas… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Cellular organelles provide opportunities to relate biological mechanisms to disease. Here
we use affinity proteomics, genetics and cell biology to interrogate cilia: poorly understood …

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 molecular machines that traffic signaling receptors into and out of cilia

MV Nachury - Current opinion in cell biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cilia are surface-exposed organelles that dynamically concentrate signaling molecules to
organize sensory, developmental and homeostatic pathways. Entry and exit of signaling …

Mechanism of IFT-A polymerization into trains for ciliary transport

S Meleppattu, H Zhou, J Dai, M Gui, A Brown - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is the highly conserved process by which proteins are
transported along ciliary microtubules by a train-like polymeric assembly of IFT-A and IFT-B …