2021
Structural insights into the cause of human RSPH4A primary ciliary dyskinesia
Zhao Y, Pinskey J, Lin J, Yin W, Sears P, Daniels L, Zariwala M, Knowles M, Ostrowski L, Nicastro D. Structural insights into the cause of human RSPH4A primary ciliary dyskinesia. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2021, 32: 1202-1209. PMID: 33852348, PMCID: PMC8351563, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-12-0806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural basisCryo-electron tomographyRadial spokesCentral pair complexUnderlying structural basisAxonemal repeatEukaryotic organellesArch domainThree-dimensional structureSubtomogram averagingOrgan positioningCell motilityStructural insightsPrimary ciliary dyskinesiaCiliaHuman ciliaHuman respiratory ciliaRS1Primary defectStructure determinationCiliary dyskinesiaHuman healthOrganellesFlagellaRepeats
2012
Conserved structural motifs in the central pair complex of eukaryotic flagella
Carbajal‐González B, Heuser T, Fu X, Lin J, Smith BW, Mitchell DR, Nicastro D. Conserved structural motifs in the central pair complex of eukaryotic flagella. Cytoskeleton 2012, 70: 101-120. PMID: 23281266, PMCID: PMC3914236, DOI: 10.1002/cm.21094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral pair complexCilia/flagellaRemarkable structural conservationGreen alga ChlamydomonasConserved Structural MotifCryo-electron tomographyOrganism-specific differencesEukaryotic cellsSea urchin StrongylocentrotusEvolutionary distanceStructural conservationAlga ChlamydomonasThree-dimensional structureSubtomogram averagingEukaryotic flagellaAxonemal dyneinsPrecise regulationInner proteinsMotility regulatorHair-like appendagesSinglet microtubulesChlamydomonasHuman diseasesDoublet microtubulesFlagella