Witman Lab Publications
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2009-07-08
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Algal Proteins; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Axoneme; Base Sequence; Blotting, Western; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Cloning, Molecular; Dyneins; Immunoprecipitation; Microtubules; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Protein Binding; Protein Subunits; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Tubulin
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
Our goal is to understand the assembly and regulation of flagellar dyneins, particularly the Chlamydomonas inner arm dynein called I1 dynein. Here, we focus on the uncharacterized I1-dynein IC IC97. The IC97 gene encodes a novel IC without notable structural domains. IC97 shares homology with the murine lung adenoma susceptibility 1 (Las1) protein--a candidate tumor suppressor gene implicated in lung tumorigenesis. Multiple, independent biochemical assays determined that IC97 interacts with both alpha- and beta-tubulin subunits within the axoneme. I1-dynein assembly mutants suggest that IC97 interacts with both the IC138 and IC140 subunits within the I1-dynein motor complex and that IC97 is part of a regulatory complex that contains IC138. Microtubule sliding assays, using axonemes containing I1 dynein but devoid of IC97, show reduced microtubule sliding velocities that are not rescued by kinase inhibitors, revealing a critical role for IC97 in I1-dynein function and control of dynein-driven motility.
DOI of Published Version
10.1091/mbc.E09-04-0276
Source
Mol Biol Cell. 2009 Jul;20(13):3044-54. Epub 2009 May 6. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Molecular biology of the cell
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Repository Citation
Wirschell M, Yang C, Yang P, Fox L, Yanagisawa H, Kamiya R, Witman GB, Porter ME, Sale WS. (2009). IC97 is a novel intermediate chain of I1 dynein that interacts with tubulin and regulates interdoublet sliding. Witman Lab Publications. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E09-04-0276. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/witman/4