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In vitro reconstitution defines the mechanistic basis of HSET motor activity regulation by IntraFlagellar Transport proteins

Guesdon, A.; Simon, V.; van Dijk, J.; Delaval, B.; Vitre, B.

2025-01-30 cell biology
10.1101/2025.01.13.632783 bioRxiv
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HSET is a mitotic kinesin essential for centrosome clustering in cells harboring supernumerary centrosomes. Work in cellulo revealed that IntraFlagellar Transport proteins (IFT) interact with the kinesin HSET to promote efficient extra centrosome clustering and subsequent cancer cell proliferation. However, whether and how IFT proteins regulate HSET activity is unknown. Using a reconstituted in vitro system combining purified HSET and IFT proteins with TIRF microscopy approaches, we identified a minimal subcomplex made of IFT52/IFT70 directly binding to HSET. We show that this binding induces HSET oligomerization promoting the formation of processive HSET complexes. We also show that HSETs increased processivity upon IFT52/70 binding accounts for an increased ability to slide microtubules and to organize dynamic microtubule networks in vitro. Overall, this work shows that IFT proteins can directly promote the processive motility of a mitotic kinesin and provides a mechanistic explanation for the contribution of IFT proteins to efficient centrosome clustering.

Published in Communications Biology (predicted rank #8) · training set

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