Mechanism that controls cilia length identified

research group have identified a cellular mechanism that regulates centriolar and ciliary lengths.

The researchers have shown their findings by solving crystal structure of CPAP-tubulin complex and identified their biological significance in fruit flies. 

This work is an international collaborative work funded by the he Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) shared by the laboratory of Jay Gopalakrishnan and Haitao Li of Tsinghua University, China.

The work is published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Communication:
Molecular basis for CPAP-tubulin interaction in controlling centriolar and ciliary length.
Zheng X, Ramani A, Soni K, Gottardo M, Zheng S, Ming Gooi L, Li W, Feng S, Mariappan A, Wason A, Widlund P, Pozniakovsky A, Poser I, Deng H, Ou G, Riparbelli M, Giuliano C, Hyman AA, Sattler M, Gopalakrishnan J, Li H.
Nat Commun. 2016 Jun 16;7:11874. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11874.