Journal: Adv Sci (Weinh) / Year: 2025 Title: Unwrapping the Ciliary Coat: High-Resolution Structure and Function of the Ciliary Glycocalyx. Authors: Lara M Hoepfner / Adrian P Nievergelt / Fabrizio Matrino / Martin Scholz / Helen E Foster / Jonathan Rodenfels / Alexander von Appen / Michael Hippler / Gaia Pigino / Abstract: The glycocalyx, a highly heterogeneous glycoprotein layer of cilia regulates adhesion and force transduction and is involved in signaling. The high-resolution molecular architecture of this layer is ...The glycocalyx, a highly heterogeneous glycoprotein layer of cilia regulates adhesion and force transduction and is involved in signaling. The high-resolution molecular architecture of this layer is currently not understood. The structure of the ciliary coat is described in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by cryo-electron tomography and proteomic approaches and the high-resolution cryoEM structure of the main component, FMG1B is solved. FMG1B is described as a mucin orthologue which lacks the major O-glycosylation of mammalian mucins but is N-glycosylated. FMG1A, a previously undescribed isoform of FMG1B is expressed in C. reinhardtii. By microflow-based adhesion assays, increased surface adhesion in the glycocalyx deficient double-mutant fmg1b-fmg1a is observed. It is found this mutant is capable of surface-gliding, with neither isoform required for extracellular force transduction by intraflagellar transport. The results find FMG1 to form a protective layer with adhesion-regulative instead of adhesion-conferring properties and an example of an undescribed class of mucins.
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Conc.: 0.2 mg/ml / Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES Details: The is sample lightly clusters but can be separated due to the large size
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Details: Grids were washed in chloroform before discharge. / Grid material: COPPER / Grid mesh size: 400 divisions/in. / Grid type: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3
Vitrification
Instrument: LEICA EM GP / Cryogen name: ETHANE / Humidity: 90 % / Chamber temperature: 297 K
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Cryogen: NITROGEN / Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Temperature (max): 77 K / Temperature (min): 77 K
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Electron dose: 70 e/Å2 / Film or detector model: FEI FALCON IV (4k x 4k) / Num. of grids imaged: 1 / Num. of real images: 8100
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Energyfilter name: TFS Selectris X / Energyfilter slit width: 10 eV
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Name: PHENIX / Version: 1.21.2_5419 / Category: model refinement
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Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION
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Num. of particles selected: 6500000
3D reconstruction
Resolution: 3.1 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 583765 / Algorithm: FOURIER SPACE / Num. of class averages: 10 / Symmetry type: POINT
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