1. The tubulin code specializes neuronal cilia for extracellular vesicle release.
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Akella JS and Barr MM
- Subjects
- Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans metabolism, Cilia metabolism, Sensory Receptor Cells metabolism, Tubulin metabolism, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins metabolism, Extracellular Vesicles metabolism
- Abstract
Cilia are microtubule-based organelles that display diversity in morphology, ultrastructure, protein composition, and function. The ciliary microtubules of C. elegans sensory neurons exemplify this diversity and provide a paradigm to understand mechanisms driving ciliary specialization. Only a subset of ciliated neurons in C. elegans are specialized to make and release bioactive extracellular vesicles (EVs) into the environment. The cilia of extracellular vesicle releasing neurons have distinct axonemal features and specialized intraflagellar transport that are important for releasing EVs. In this review, we discuss the role of the tubulin code in the specialization of microtubules in cilia of EV releasing neurons., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, LLC.)
- Published
- 2021
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