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- Title
Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links in Chlamydomonas flagella.
- Authors
Bui, Khanh Huy; Sakakibara, Hitoshi; Movassagh, Tandis; Oiwa, Kazuhiro; Ishikawa, Takashi
- Abstract
Although the widely shared "9 + 2" structure of axonemes is thought to be highly symmetrical, axonemes show asymmetrical bending during planar and conical motion. In this study, using electron cryotomography and single particle averaging, we demonstrate an asymmetrical molecular arrangement of proteins binding to the nine microtubule doublets in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii flagella. The eight inner arm dynein heavy chains regulate and determine flagellar waveform. Among these, one heavy chain (dynein c) is missing on one microtubule doublet (this doublet also lacks the outer dynein arm), and another dynein heavy chain (dynein b or g) is missing on the adjacent doublet. Some dynein heavy chains either show an abnormal conformation or were replaced by other proteins, possibly minor dyneins. In addition to nexin, there are two additional linkages between specific pairs of doublets. Interestingly, all these exceptional arrangements take place on doublets on opposite sides of the axoneme, suggesting that the transverse functional asymmetry of the axoneme causes an inplane bending motion.
- Subjects
DYNEIN; MOLECULAR rotation of proteins; CHLAMYDOMONAS reinhardtii; ADENOSINE triphosphatase; TUBULINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULES
- Publication
Journal of Cell Biology, 2009, Vol 186, Issue 3, p437
- ISSN
0021-9525
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1083/jcb.200903082