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Protein–protein interactions between intermediate chains and the docking complex of Chlamydomonas flagellar outer arm dynein
Author(s) -
Ide Takahiro,
Owa Mikito,
King Stephen M.,
Kamiya Ritsu,
Wakabayashi Ken-ichi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.05.058
Subject(s) - dynein , chlamydomonas , microtubule , docking (animal) , mutant , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , protein–protein interaction , affinities , motor protein , plasma protein binding , flagellum , recombinant dna , biochemistry , gene , medicine , nursing
Outer arm dynein (OAD) is bound to specific loci on outer‐doublet‐microtubules by interactions at two sites: via intermediate chain 1 (IC1) and the outer dynein arm docking complex (ODA‐DC). Studies using Chlamydomonas mutants have suggested that the individual sites have rather weak affinities for microtubules, and therefore strong OAD attachment to microtubules is achieved by their cooperation. To test this idea, we examined interactions between IC1, IC2 (another intermediate chain) and ODA‐DC using recombinant proteins. Recombinant IC1 and IC2 were found to form a 1:1 complex, and this complex associated with ODA‐DC in vitro. Binding of IC1 to mutant axonemes revealed that there are specific binding sites for IC1. From these data, we propose a novel model of OAD‐outer doublet association.