Author/Editor		Milisav, Irina
Title		Dynein and dynein-related genes
Type		članek
Source		Cell Motil Cytoskeleton
Vol. and No.		Letnik 39, št. 4
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 261-72
Language		eng
Abstract		Dyneins are large, multisubunit ATPases that interact with microtubules to generate force. Dyneins move eukaryotic cilia and flagella and are in the cytoplasm, where they are involved in the transport of particles and organelles along microtubules and in the transport of condensed chromosomes during mitosis Šreviewed in Holzbaur et al., 1994; Gibbons, 1996Ć. Defects in human axonemal dynein complexes have been shown to be associated with Kartagener's syndrome, which is characterized by recurrent respiratory tract infections, immotile sperm and situs inversus. Cytoplasmic and axonemal dyneins are composed of heavy, intermediate, and light chains. The best characterised groups of dynein genes so far are those encoding cytoplasmic heavy chains and heavy chains from the outer arms from axonemes. These share extensive sequence similarity and are conserved throughout species. Recently, several genes encoding intermediate and light chains have been identified; these have encoded a remarkable diversity of products, which also seem to be highly conserved between species, although they fall into several complex groups. The structure of dynein heavy chain genes, the emerging knowledge on intermediate and light chain genes and their products, and the possible involvement of dyneins in disease are discussed.
Descriptors		DYNEIN ATPASE GENES, STRUCTURAL AMINO ACID SEQUENCE MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA