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Title: Loss of ARL13 impedes BBSome-dependent cargo export from Chlamydomonas cilia. Author: Dai J, Zhang G, Alkhofash RA, Mekonnen B, Saravanan S, Xue B, Fan ZC, Betleja E, Cole DG, Liu P, Lechtreck K. Journal: J Cell Biol; 2022 Oct 03; 221(10):. PubMed ID: 36040375. Abstract: The GTPase Arl13b participates in ciliary protein transport, but its contribution to intraflagellar transport (IFT), the main motor-based protein shuttle of cilia, remains largely unknown. Chlamydomonas arl13 mutant cilia were characterized by both abnormal reduction and accumulation of select membrane-associated proteins. With respect to the latter, a similar set of proteins including phospholipase D (PLD) also accumulated in BBSome-deficient cilia. IFT and BBSome traffic were apparently normal in arl13. However, transport of PLD, which in control cells moves by BBSome-dependent IFT, was impaired in arl13, causing PLD to accumulate in cilia. ARL13 only rarely and transiently traveled by IFT, indicating that it is not a co-migrating adapter securing PLD to IFT trains. In conclusion, the loss of Chlamydomonas ARL13 impedes BBSome-dependent protein transport, resulting in overlapping biochemical defects in arl13 and bbs mutant cilia.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]