Structure and mechanics of dynein motors

JT Canty, R Tan, E Kusakci… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Dyneins make up a family of AAA+ motors that move toward the minus end of microtubules.
Cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for transporting intracellular cargos in interphase cells …

Axonemal dynein arms

SM King - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Axonemal dyneins form the inner and outer rows of arms associated with the doublet
microtubules of motile cilia. These enzymes convert the chemical energy released from …

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 …

Ktu/PF13 is required for cytoplasmic pre-assembly of axonemal dyneins

H Omran, D Kobayashi, H Olbrich, T Tsukahara… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Cilia and flagella are highly conserved organelles that have diverse roles in cell motility and
sensing extracellular signals. Motility defects in cilia and flagella often result in primary …

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 …

Dyneins across eukaryotes: a comparative genomic analysis

B Wickstead, K Gull - Traffic, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Dyneins are large minus‐end‐directed microtubule motors. Each dynein contains at least
one dynein heavy chain (DHC) and a variable number of intermediate chains (IC), light …

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 …

Polarity and asymmetry in the arrangement of dynein and related structures in the Chlamydomonas axoneme

KH Bui, T Yagi, R Yamamoto, R Kamiya… - Journal of Cell …, 2012 - rupress.org
Understanding the molecular architecture of the flagellum is crucial to elucidate the bending
mechanism produced by this complex organelle. The current known structure of the …

Curvature in the reproductive tract alters sperm–surface interactions

MR Raveshi, MS Abdul Halim, SN Agnihotri… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The fallopian tube is lined with a highly complex folded epithelium surrounding a lumen that
progressively narrows. To study the influence of this labyrinthine complexity on sperm …

AAA+ Ring and linker swing mechanism in the dynein motor

AJ Roberts, N Numata, ML Walker, YS Kato, B Malkova… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Dynein ATPases power diverse microtubule-based motilities. Each dynein motor domain
comprises a ring-like head containing six AAA+ modules and N-and C-terminal regions …