2023
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport
Ton W, Wang Y, Chai P, Beauchamp-Perez C, Flint N, Lammers L, Xiong H, Zhang K, Markus S. Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2023, 30: 1365-1379. PMID: 37322240, PMCID: PMC10590275, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01010-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-EM structureCargo transportProtein Lis1Human dyneinDynein mutantsCytoplasmic dyneinStructural insightsDynein activityIntracellular localizationCritical regulatorDynein activationLIS1Conformational changesDyneinMotor domainMutantsBindingHigh affinityAffinityYeastMicrotubulesRegulatorRegulationTransportActivation
2022
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus
Han L, Rao Q, Yang R, Wang Y, Chai P, Xiong Y, Zhang K. Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2022, 29: 472-482. PMID: 35578022, PMCID: PMC9113940, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00769-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral apparatusDiverse cellular activitiesKinesin-like proteinCryo-EM structureArmadillo repeat proteinsCryo-electron microscopyHigh-resolution structuresEukaryotic speciesProtein subunitsMotile ciliaBridge proteinsPair of microtubulesRegulatory roleCellular activitiesProteinDynamic conformational behaviorCiliary motilityCiliaCiliary beatingStructural frameworkConformational behaviorSubunitsMicrotubulesRegulatorSpecies
2017
Cryo-EM Reveals How Human Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Auto-inhibited and Activated
Zhang K, Foster HE, Rondelet A, Lacey SE, Bahi-Buisson N, Bird AW, Carter AP. Cryo-EM Reveals How Human Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Auto-inhibited and Activated. Cell 2017, 169: 1303-1314.e18. PMID: 28602352, PMCID: PMC5473941, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructure-based mutagenesisCryoelectron microscopy structureCargo adaptor proteinsMicroscopy structureAdaptor proteinCytoplasmic dyneinMicrotubule affinityCryo-EMDynein 1DynactinOpen formDynein tailInhibited stateProcessive movementMotor domainMicrotubulesMotor dimerizationTransport machinesHigh affinityMutagenesisDyneinTailAffinityProteinDimerization