2012
Cryoelectron tomography reveals doublet-specific structures and unique interactions in the I1 dynein
Heuser T, Barber CF, Lin J, Krell J, Rebesco M, Porter ME, Nicastro D. Cryoelectron tomography reveals doublet-specific structures and unique interactions in the I1 dynein. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: e2067-e2076. PMID: 22733763, PMCID: PMC3409752, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120690109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsI1 dyneinCryoelectron tomographyGel-based proteomicsInner arm dyneinsCiliary assemblySensory organellesSubtomogram averagingDynein activityCritical regulatorDyneinPolypeptide compositionDoublet microtubulesBiochemical comparisonMotor domainCiliary motilityFlagellar beatingUnique interactionsCiliary beatingMotilityEukaryotesAssemblyChlamydomonasSubcomplexMutantsCiliopathies
2011
Building Blocks of the Nexin-Dynein Regulatory Complex in Chlamydomonas Flagella*
Lin J, Tritschler D, Song K, Barber CF, Cobb JS, Porter ME, Nicastro D. Building Blocks of the Nexin-Dynein Regulatory Complex in Chlamydomonas Flagella*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 29175-29191. PMID: 21700706, PMCID: PMC3190725, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.241760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNexin-dynein regulatory complexRegulatory complexImportant regulatory nodeTwo-dimensional electrophoresisRegulatory nodesProtein phosphorylationSignal transductionPhosphorylation statusMALDI-TOF mass spectrometryDynein motorsDynein activityChlamydomonas flagellaMotile ciliaRegulatory functionsPhosphorylated isoformsCoordination of thousandsFlagellar axonemeBiochemical comparisonRadial spokesPCR analysisFlagellar bendingIsoform patternFlagellaMolecular compositionProtein