[HTML][HTML] Super-resolution architecture of mammalian centriole distal appendages reveals distinct blade and matrix functional components

TT Yang, WM Chong, WJ Wang, G Mazo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Distal appendages (DAPs) are nanoscale, pinwheel-like structures protruding from the distal
end of the centriole that mediate membrane docking during ciliogenesis, marking the cilia …

Super-resolution microscopy reveals coupling between mammalian centriole subdistal appendages and distal appendages

WM Chong, WJ Wang, CH Lo, TY Chiu, TJ Chang… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Subdistal appendages (sDAPs) are centriolar elements that are observed proximal to the
distal appendages (DAPs) in vertebrates. Despite the obvious presence of sDAPs, structural …

Two separate functions of NME3 critical for cell survival underlie a neurodegenerative disorder

…, SR Tzeng, JC Liao, WM Chong… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We report a patient who presented with congenital hypotonia, hypoventilation, and cerebellar
histopathological alterations. Exome analysis revealed a homozygous mutation in the …

[PDF][PDF] Rab34 is necessary for early stages of intracellular ciliogenesis

MW Stuck, WM Chong, JC Liao, GJ Pazour - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Primary cilia are sensory organelles present on most vertebrate cells and are critical for
development and health. Ciliary dysfunction is associated with a large class of human …

Single-particle tracking localization microscopy reveals nonaxonemal dynamics of intraflagellar transport proteins at the base of mammalian primary cilia

TT Yang, MNT Tran, WM Chong… - Molecular biology of …, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Primary cilia play a vital role in cellular sensing and signaling. An essential component of
ciliogenesis is intraflagellar transport (IFT), which is involved in IFT protein recruitment, …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphoproteomics identified an NS5A phosphorylation site involved in hepatitis C virus replication

WM Chong, SC Hsu, WT Kao, CW Lo, KY Lee… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
The non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) is a hepatitis C virus (HCV) protein indispensable for
the viral life cycle. Many prior papers have pinpointed several serine residues in the low …

Differential requirements for the EF-hand domains of human centrin 2 in primary ciliogenesis and nucleotide excision repair

…, SL Prosser, H Tada, WM Chong… - Journal of cell …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Centrin 2 is a small conserved calcium-binding protein that localizes to the centriolar distal
lumen in human cells. It is required for efficient primary ciliogenesis and nucleotide excision …

Differential proteomics reveals discrete functions of proteins interacting with hypo-versus hyper-phosphorylated NS5A of the hepatitis C virus

TC Pan, CW Lo, WM Chong, CN Tsai… - Journal of proteome …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein phosphorylation is a reversible post-translational modification that regulates many
biological processes in almost all living forms. In the case of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), the …

STED and STORM superresolution imaging of primary cilia

TT Yang, WM Chong, JC Liao - Cilia: Methods and Protocols, 2016 - Springer
The characteristic lengths of molecular arrangement in primary cilia are below the diffraction
limit of light, challenging structural and functional studies of ciliary proteins. Superresolution …

Architecture of mammalian centriole distal appendages accommodates distinct blade and matrix functional elements

TT Yang, WM Chong, WJ Wang, G Mazo, B Tanos… - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Distal appendages (DAPs) are nanoscale, pinwheel-like structures protruding from the distal
end of the centriole that mediate membrane docking during ciliogenesis, marking the cilia …