The human phosphatase CDC14A modulates primary cilium length by regulating centrosomal actin nucleation.

ABSTRACT: CDC14A codes for a conserved proline-directed phosphatase, and mutations in the gene are associated with autosomal-recessive severe to profound deafness, due to defective kinocilia. A role of CDC14A in cilia formation has also been described in other organisms. However, how human CDC14A impacts on cilia formation remains unclear. Here, we show that human RPE1 hCDC14APD cells, encoding a phosphatase dead version of hCDC14A, have longer cilia than wild-type cells, while hCDC14A overexpression reduces cilia formation. Phospho-proteome analysis of ciliated RPE1 cells identified actin-associated and microtubule binding proteins regulating cilia length as hCDC14A substrates, including the actin-binding protein drebrin. Indeed, we find that hCDC14A counteracts the CDK5-dependent phosphorylation o

SUBMITTER: Uddin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322383 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature