Publication Date:
2006-08-19
Description:
Eukaryotic flagella and cilia are built on a 9 + 2 array of microtubules plus 〉250 accessory proteins, forming a biological machine called the axoneme. Here we describe the three-dimensional structure of rapidly frozen axonemes from Chlamydomonas and sea urchin sperm, using cryoelectron tomography and image processing to focus on the motor enzyme dynein. Our images suggest a model for the way dynein generates force to slide microtubules. They also reveal two dynein linkers that may provide "hard-wiring" to coordinate motor enzyme action, both circumferentially and along the axoneme. Periodic densities were also observed inside doublet microtubules; these may contribute to doublet stability.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nicastro, Daniela -- Schwartz, Cindi -- Pierson, Jason -- Gaudette, Richard -- Porter, Mary E -- McIntosh, J Richard -- 2R37-GM55667/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR 000592/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Aug 18;313(5789):944-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory for 3D Electron Microscopy of Cells, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, CB 347, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0347, USA. nicastro@colorado.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16917055" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Carrier Proteins/chemistry/ultrastructure
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/ultrastructure
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Cryoelectron Microscopy
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Dyneins/*chemistry/physiology/*ultrastructure
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Flagella/chemistry/physiology/*ultrastructure
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Freezing
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Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional
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Male
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Microtubule-Associated Proteins
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Microtubules/chemistry/physiology/*ultrastructure
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Models, Biological
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Molecular Motor Proteins/chemistry/ultrastructure
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Sea Urchins
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Sperm Tail/chemistry/physiology/*ultrastructure
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Tomography
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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