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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2011 Oct;68(10):555–565. doi: 10.1002/cm.20533

Table 2.

C. reinhardtii Dynein Gene Nomenclature


Heavy Chains

DHC1 DHC1(IDA1, PF9) Q9SMH3 1α heavy chain of inner arm I1/f
DHC2 DHC2 XP_001694660 Inner arm dynein species d heavy
chain
DHC3 DHC3 XP_001696272 Inner arm dynein heavy chain
(minor species)
DHC4 DHC4 EDP07657 Inner arm dynein heavy chain
(minor species)
DHC5 DHC5 XP_001699742 Inner arm dynein species b heavy
chain
DHC6 DHC6 XP_001700741 Inner arm dynein species a heavy
chain
DHC7 DHC7 XP_001692695 Inner arm dynein species g heavy
chain
DHC8 DHC8 XP_001692092 Inner arm dynein species e heavy
chain
DHC9 DHC9(IDA9) BAE19786 Inner arm dynein species c heavy
chain
DHC10 DHC10(IDA2) Q9MBF8 1β heavy chain of inner arm I1/f
DHC11 DHC11 XP_001694047 Inner arm dynein heavy chain
(minor species)
DHC12 DHC1a (PCR4) EDP05194 Inner arm dynein heavy chain#
DHC13 ODA11 Q39610 α outer arm heavy chain
DHC14 ODA4 Q39565 β outer arm heavy chain
DHC15 ODA2 Q39575 γ outer arm heavy chain
DHC16 DHC1b Q9SMH5 dynein heavy chain that mediates
retrograde IFT

WD-repeat Intermediate Chains

DIC1 ODA9 Q39578 IC1 from outer arm dynein
DIC2 ODA6 P27766 IC2 from outer arm dynein
DIC3 IDA7 AAD45352 IC140 from inner arm I1/f dynein
DIC4 BOP5 AAU93505 IC138 from inner arm I1/f dynein
DIC5 FAP133 XM_001699649 IFT dynein intermediate chain

Light Intermediate Chains

DLI1 D1bLIC AAT37069 Light intermediate chain of IFT
dynein

Leucine-rich repeat Proteins

DLU1 LC1(DLC1) AAD41040 Outer arm dynein γ heavy chain-
associated
DLU2 ODA8(MOT37) EPD09919 ODA8 protein required for outer
arm assembly

Thioredoxin-like Light Chains

DLX1 LC3(DLC3) Q39592 LC3 thioredoxin associated with
outer arm β heavy chain
DLX2 LC5(DLC5) Q39591 LC5 thioredoxin associated with
outer arm α heavy chain

Tctex1-like Light Chains

DLT1 LC9 * AAZ95589 LC9 present in outer arm dynein
DLT2 ODA12 AAB58383 LC2 present in outer arm dynein
DLT3 TCTEX1 AAC18035 Tctex1 present in inner arm I1/f
DLT4 TCTEX2b DAA05278 Tctex2b present in inner arm I1/f

Roadblock-like Light Chains

DLR1 ODA15(DLC7a) AAD45881 LC7a present in outer arm and inner
arm I1/f dyneins
DLR2 LC7b(DLC7b) EDP03034 LC7b present in outer arm and inner
arm I1/f dyneins

DYNLL/LC8 Family Light Chains

DLL1 FLA14 Q39580 LC8 present in outer arm, inner arm
I1/f and IFT dyneins. Also a
component of the radial spokes
DLL2 ODA13 Q39579 Outer arm dynein LC6
DLL3 LC10(MOT24) EDP00562 Outer arm dynein LC10

Calmodulin Homologues

DLE1 LC4(DLC4) Q39584 LC4 present in outer arm dynein.
Binds Ca2+
DLE2 VFL2 P05434 Centrin present in monomeric inner
arm dyneins b, e and g. This gene is
also termed CNT1 (named for
CeNTrin). Binds Ca2+
DLE3 ODA14 AAP49435 DC3 component of outer arm
docking complex. Binds Ca2+

Coiled Coil Proteins

DCC1 ODA3 AAC49732 DC1 of the outer arm docking
complex
DCC2 ODA1 AAK72125 DC2 of the outer arm docking
complex
DCC3 ODA5 * AAS10183 Oda5 protein that associates with
an adenylate kinase

Outer Arm Dynein Interacting Proteins

DOI1 LIS1* ABG33844 Lis1 protein associates with α heavy
chain of outer arm

Inner Arm Dynein Interacting Proteins

DII1 IDA4 Q39604 p28 light chain present in inner arm
species a, c and d
DII2 FAP146 BAG07147 p38 associates with inner arm
species d
DII3 * BAF98914 p44 associates with inner arm
species d
DII4 IDA5 P53498 Actin, present in inner arm dynein
species a, b, c, d, e, g and some
minor species. This gene is also
known as ACT1 (named for ACTin)
DII5 NAP1 AAC49834 NAP, novel actin-related protein
that can substitute for actin in inner
arm dyneins b and g. This gene is
also known as ARP12 (named for
Actin Related Protein).
DII6 FAP94 EDP03678 IC97 present in inner arm I1/f
dynein
DII7 FAP120 EDP07339 Ankyrin-repeat protein that
interacts with IC138(DIC4) from
inner arm I1/f

Dynein Assembly Proteins Containing a PIH Domain

DAP1 PF13 (MOT45) BAG69288 PF13 protein required for
inner/outer arm assembly in
cytoplasm
DAP2 IDA10 (MOT48) BAI83444 MOT48 protein required for inner
arm assembly in cytoplasm

Dynein Assembly Proteins containing WD Repeats

DAW1 ODA16 AAZ77789 ODA16 protein acts as an IFT
adaptor for outer arm dynein

Dynein Assembly Proteins containing Leucine-rich Repeats

DAU1 ODA7 Q09JZ4 ODA7 is a LRR protein required for
outer arm assembly in cytoplasm

Dynein Assembly Blocked

DAB1 PF22 AEC04845 PF22 is required for assembly of
outer arms

Alternative gene names are indicated in parentheses in the first two columns.

*

These genes were missing and/or not named in the Chlamydomonas version 3 genome catalogue.

#

T. Yagi (unpublished results).

Yagi et al. (2009)