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Chlamydomonas ARMC2/PF27 is an obligate cargo adapter for IFT of radial spokes

  1. Karl F Lechtreck  Is a corresponding author
  2. Yi Liu
  3. Jin Dai
  4. Rama A Alkhofash
  5. jack Butler
  6. Lea Alford
  7. Pinfen Yang  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Georgia, United States
  2. Marquette University, United States
  3. Oglethorpe University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74993
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  1. Karl F Lechtreck
  2. Yi Liu
  3. Jin Dai
  4. Rama A Alkhofash
  5. jack Butler
  6. Lea Alford
  7. Pinfen Yang
(2022)
Chlamydomonas ARMC2/PF27 is an obligate cargo adapter for IFT of radial spokes
eLife 11:e74993.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74993
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Abstract

Intraflagellar transport (IFT) carries proteins into flagella but how IFT trains interact with the large number of diverse proteins required to assemble flagella remains largely unknown. Here, we show that IFT of radial spokes in Chlamydomonas requires ARMC2/PF27, a conserved armadillo repeat protein associated with male infertility and reduced lung function. Chlamydomonas ARMC2 was highly enriched in growing flagella and tagged ARMC2 and the spoke protein RSP3 comigrated on anterograde trains. In contrast, a cargo and an adapter of inner and outer dynein arms moved independently of ARMC2, indicating that unrelated cargoes distribute stochastically onto the IFT trains. After concomitant unloading at the flagellar tip, RSP3 attached to the axoneme whereas ARMC2 diffused back to the cell body. In armc2/pf27 mutants, IFT of radial spokes was abolished and the presence of radial spokes was limited to the proximal region of flagella. We conclude that ARMC2 is a cargo adapter required for IFT of radial spokes to ensure their assembly along flagella. ARMC2 belongs to a growing class of cargo-specific adapters that enable flagellar transport of preassembled axonemal substructures by IFT.

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  1. Karl F Lechtreck

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  2. Yi Liu

    Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, United States
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  3. Jin Dai

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  4. Rama A Alkhofash

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  5. jack Butler

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  6. Lea Alford

    Division of Natural Sciences,, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, United States
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  7. Pinfen Yang

    Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, United States
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    pinfen.yang@marquette.edu
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National Institute of Health (R01GM110413)

  • Karl F Lechtreck

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  1. Karl F Lechtreck
  2. Yi Liu
  3. Jin Dai
  4. Rama A Alkhofash
  5. jack Butler
  6. Lea Alford
  7. Pinfen Yang
(2022)
Chlamydomonas ARMC2/PF27 is an obligate cargo adapter for IFT of radial spokes
eLife 11:e74993.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74993

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