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 microtubulesFlagellaCryoelectron 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 beatingMotilityEukaryotesAssemblyChlamydomonasSubcomplexMutantsCiliopathiesThe structural heterogeneity of radial spokes in cilia and flagella is conserved
Lin J, Heuser T, Carbajal‐González B, Song K, Nicastro D. The structural heterogeneity of radial spokes in cilia and flagella is conserved. Cytoskeleton 2012, 69: 88-100. PMID: 22170736, PMCID: PMC3307805, DOI: 10.1002/cm.21000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlagellar motilityRadial spokesNexin-dynein regulatory complexRegulatory complexFlagellar structureMost organismsThree-dimensional structureSubtomogram averagingCryoelectron tomographyDynein motorsDynein activityChlamydomonas flagellaMotile ciliaFlagellaSperm flagellaUbiquitous componentOrganismsFunctional differencesEssential roleCiliaRepeat unitsUnprecedented detailBasal partRS1Motility