| 2006 |
Crystal structure of human DYNLRB1 (Dnlc2A) solved at 2.1 Å resolution by single anomalous diffraction. The protein forms a homodimer with a 10-stranded β-sheet core; residue 89 of each monomer is located within holes in the core and is crucial for binding to the dynein intermediate chain IC74 (DIC). The surface of the β-sheet core is primarily positively charged and predicted to be the site for partner interactions. |
X-ray crystallography (SAD), analytical ultracentrifugation/solution studies, mutagenesis inference from structure |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
16970917
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| 2008 |
DYNLRB1 directly interacts with all three Rab6 isoforms (Rab6A, Rab6A', and Rab6B) as shown by yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, and pull-down assays. Pull-down experiments revealed preferred association of DYNLRB1 with GTP-bound Rab6A and GDP-bound Rab6A'/Rab6B. DYNLRB1 co-localizes with EYFP-Rab6 isoforms at the Golgi apparatus. In vitro GTPase activity assays showed DYNLRB1 did not modulate Rab6 GTPase activity. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, pull-down assay, confocal co-localization, in vitro GTPase assay |
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton |
High |
18044744
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| 2009 |
DYNLRB1 interacts directly with the large intracellular loop (between TM6 and TM7) of the human reduced folate carrier (hRFC), as demonstrated by bacterial two-hybrid screen, in vitro pull-down, mammalian two-hybrid luciferase assay, and co-immunoprecipitation. DYNLRB1 co-localizes with hRFC in live HuTu-80 intestinal epithelial cells. Co-expression of DYNLRB1 with hRFC significantly increases folate uptake, while siRNA knockdown of DYNLRB1 or pharmacological inhibition with vanadate significantly reduces folate uptake. |
Bacterial two-hybrid, in vitro pull-down, mammalian two-hybrid luciferase assay, co-immunoprecipitation, confocal imaging, siRNA knockdown, functional folate uptake assay |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
High |
19571232
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| 2012 |
DYNLRB1 (km23-1) is required for TGFβ1 autoinduction through Smad2-independent Ras/ERK/JNK pathways. siRNA knockdown of km23-1 reduced TGFβ1 mRNA expression, inhibited TGFβ-mediated ERK and JNK activation, c-Jun phosphorylation, and c-Jun promoter transactivation. Sucrose gradient analysis showed km23-1 co-sediments with Ras and TβRII in lipid rafts after TGFβ treatment. Co-immunoprecipitation demonstrated formation of a TGFβ-inducible complex between Ras and km23-1 within minutes of TGFβ addition. km23-1 is required for Ras activation by TGFβ, functioning as an adaptor coupling TβR activation to Ras effector pathways. |
siRNA knockdown, co-immunoprecipitation, sucrose gradient fractionation, reporter assay, immunoblotting |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
22637579
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| 2014 |
DYNLRB1 (roadblock-1) is a subunit shared by both cytoplasmic dynein-1 and dynein-2 complexes in human cells. Co-immunoprecipitation and proteomics defined DYNLRB1 as a component of the human dynein-2 complex alongside WDR34, WDR60, TCTEX1D2, DYNLRB2, DYNLT1/DYNLT3, and DYNLL1/DYNLL2. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry proteomics |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
25205765
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| 2015 |
DYNLRB1 interacts with N-acetylglucosamine kinase (NAGK) as identified by yeast two-hybrid screening and confirmed by proximity ligation assay and immunocytochemistry in hippocampal neurons. The NAGK-DYNLRB1 interaction localizes to Golgi outposts at dendritic branch points. Introduction of a peptide derived from DYNLRB1 C-terminal residues 74–96 stunted hippocampal neuron dendrites in culture, demonstrating a functional role for this interaction in dendritic growth. |
Yeast two-hybrid, proximity ligation assay (PLA), immunocytochemistry, peptide competition assay |
Experimental & molecular medicine |
Medium |
26272270
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| 2015 |
The NAGK-DYNLRB1 (dynein) interaction operates in growing axons where NAGK, dynein (DYNLRB1), and Golgi form a tripartite complex. Overexpression of NAGK increased axonal lengths while shRNA knockdown reduced them; transfection with DYNLRB1(74-96) peptide produced neurons with shorter axons, indicating the NAGK-DYNLRB1 interaction is required for axonal growth. |
Proximity ligation assay, immunocytochemistry, overexpression, shRNA knockdown, peptide competition |
Molecules and cells |
Medium |
26467288
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| 2016 |
DYNLRB1 participates in a complex with NAGK, Lis1, and NudE1 at the nuclear envelope and kinetochores during cell division. PLA showed NAGK-DYNLRB1 complex co-localizes with Lis1 and NudE1 at nuclear envelopes in prophase and on chromosomes in metaphase. shRNA knockdown of NAGK delayed cell division, implicating the NAGK-DYNLRB1-Lis1-NudE1 complex in nuclear envelope breakdown and microtubule-kinetochore attachment. |
Proximity ligation assay, immunocytochemistry, shRNA knockdown, cell cycle analysis |
Molecules and cells |
Medium |
27646688
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| 2018 |
Within the dynein-2 complex, DYNLRB1/DYNLRB2 associate with the WDR34 intermediate chain subcomplex (WDR34-DYNLL1/DYNLL2-DYNLRB1/DYNLRB2), as defined by visible immunoprecipitation assay. This places DYNLRB1 in one of three dynein-2 subcomplexes. |
Visible immunoprecipitation assay (VIP assay), co-immunoprecipitation |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
29742051
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| 2019 |
WDR34 intermediate chain binds DYNLRB1/DYNLRB2 via a distinct site separate from its DYNLL1/DYNLL2-binding site. Phenotypic analyses of WDR34-knockout cells expressing WDR34 constructs with disrupted light chain interactions showed that DYNLRB1/DYNLRB2 incorporation into the dynein-2 complex via WDR34 is essential for retrograde ciliary protein trafficking. A WDR34 N-terminal construct encompassing the light chain-binding sites inhibited ciliary biogenesis in a dominant-negative manner. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, WDR34-knockout cell lines, exogenous WDR34 construct rescue, dominant-negative expression, ciliary trafficking assay |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
30649997
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| 2019 |
CRISPR-Cas9 knockout of km23-1/DYNLRB1 reduced cell migration in HCT116 and DLD-1 colorectal cancer cells. Sucrose gradient fractionation showed km23-1/DYNLRB1 co-sediments with Ras, p-ERK, and ERK in fractions that did not contain holo-dynein components, and km23-1/DYNLRB1 co-localizes with R-Ras at the protruding edges of migrating cells. Disruption of dynein motor activity did not reduce TGFβ-mediated MEK1/2 or JNK activation, indicating dynein-independent km23-1/DYNLRB1 functions in Ras/ERK signaling. |
CRISPR-Cas9 knockout, siRNA, sucrose gradient fractionation, size exclusion chromatography, immunostaining, cell migration assay |
Cell biology international |
Medium |
31393067
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| 2020 |
Homozygous Dynlrb1 null mice are embryonic lethal, and heterozygous or adult knockdown animals display reduced neuronal growth. Selective depletion of Dynlrb1 in proprioceptive neurons compromises their survival. Conditional depletion in sensory neurons causes deficits in β-catenin subcellular localization and severe impairment of axonal transport of both lysosomes and retrograde signaling endosomes, establishing DYNLRB1 as essential for general dynein-mediated transport rather than cargo-specific transport. |
Knockout mouse (homozygous lethal), conditional KO in sensory neurons, live imaging of axonal transport (lysosome and endosome trafficking), β-catenin localization assay, shRNA knockdown in vivo |
Neurobiology of disease |
High |
32088381
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| 2020 |
NAGK interacts with DYNLRB1 and efficiently suppresses mutant huntingtin (Q74) and α-synuclein A53T aggregation in mouse brain cells. Yeast two-hybrid and in silico docking showed the small domain of NAGK (NAGK-DS) binds to the C-terminal of DYNLRB1. A peptide derived from NAGK-DS interfered with Q74 clearance. A kinase-inactive NAGK mutant also cleared aggregates, confirming the effect is structural/non-enzymatic and mediated via DYNLRB1 interaction. |
Yeast two-hybrid, protein-protein docking, peptide competition assay, kinase-dead mutant expression, aggregate clearance assay in mouse brain cells |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
32796833
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| 2020 |
NAGK interacts with NudC and Lis1 within the dynein complex, and these NAGK-NudC-Lis1-dynein complexes (identified via DYNLRB1 interactions) localize to the leading poles of migrating cells. NAGK overexpression accelerated cell migration while shRNA knockdown delayed it; a NAGK peptide from the NudC-interacting domain retarded migration, placing DYNLRB1-containing dynein complexes at the nuclear envelope as regulators of cell migration. |
Yeast two-hybrid, pull-down, immunocytochemistry, PLA, wound-healing migration assay, in utero electroporation, peptide competition |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
33374456
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| 2023 |
Dynlrb1 is a critical regulator of FMRP function in sensory axons. FMRP associates with endolysosomal organelles (likely through annexin A11) and is retrogradely trafficked by the dynein complex in a Dynlrb1-dependent manner. Dynlrb1 silencing induced FMRP granule accumulation and repressed translation of MAP1B (one of FMRP's primary mRNA targets), establishing Dynlrb1 as required for FMRP retrograde transport and targeted degradation. |
Dynlrb1 siRNA silencing, live imaging of retrograde transport, FMRP granule accumulation assay, translational reporter (MAP1B), proteomics |
Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP |
Medium |
37739344
|
| 2025 |
Knockdown of DYNLRB1 (siRNA) mitigated TGFβ ligand-exacerbated α-synuclein-induced toxicity in dopaminergic neurons, placing DYNLRB1 in the TGFβ signaling pathway upstream of α-synuclein toxicity. TGFβ ligand treatment induced upregulation of SNCA mRNA in aSyn-overexpressing cells, and DYNLRB1 knockdown protected against this toxicity similarly to ALK5 and SMAD2 knockdown. |
Genome-wide siRNA screen, siRNA knockdown validation, dopaminergic cell death assay, mRNA expression analysis |
Cell death discovery |
Medium |
41387695
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