Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Regulation of in vivo dynein force production by CDK5 and 14-3-3ε and KIAA0528

  • Dail E. Chapman,
  • Babu J. N. Reddy,
  • Bunchhin Huy,
  • Matthew J. Bovyn,
  • Stephen John S. Cruz,
  • Zahraa M. Al-Shammari,
  • Han Han,
  • Wenqi Wang,
  • Deanna S. Smith,
  • Steven P. Gross

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08110-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Dynein plays roles in vesicular, organelle, chromosomal and nuclear transport but so far it is unclear how dynein activity in cells is regulated. Here authors study several dynein cofactors and their role in force adaptation of dynein during lipid droplet, lysosomal, and mitochondrial transport.