SAS-6 oligomerization: the key to the centriole? (original) (raw)
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Centrioles are among the most beautiful of biological structures. How their highly conserved nine-fold symmetry is generated is a question that has intrigued cell biologists for decades. Two recent structural studies provide the tantalizing suggestion that the self-organizing properties of the SAS-6 protein hold the answer.
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Figure 1: A schematic view of centrioles and the early stages of centriole duplication.

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Figure 2: The architecture and interactions of SAS-6.

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Figure 3: An illustration of the distinct SAS-6 oligomer models that can be derived from slightly different dimer orientations observed in the SAS-6 crystal structures.

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- Matthew A. Cottee, Jordan W. Raff, Susan M. Lea and Hélio Roque are at The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,
Matthew A Cottee, Jordan W Raff, Susan M Lea & Hélio Roque
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- Jordan W Raff
- Susan M Lea
- Hélio Roque
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Cottee, M., Raff, J., Lea, S. et al. SAS-6 oligomerization: the key to the centriole?.Nat Chem Biol 7, 650–653 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.660
- Published: 19 September 2011
- Issue date: October 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.660