Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

The hydrolethalus syndrome protein HYLS-1 regulates formation of the ciliary gate

  • Qing Wei,
  • Yingyi Zhang,
  • Clementine Schouteden,
  • Yuxia Zhang,
  • Qing Zhang,
  • Jinhong Dong,
  • Veronika Wonesch,
  • Kun Ling,
  • Alexander Dammermann,
  • Jinghua Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12437
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Transition fibres (TFs) and the transition zone (TZ) are basal ciliary structures thought to act as a gate to regulate protein transport. Here the authors show that the C. elegansorthologue of hydrolethalus protein 1, HYLS-1, disrupts both structures and compromises the trafficking of cargo through the ciliary gate.