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      Disruption of CEP290 microtubule/membrane-binding domains causes retinal degeneration.

      The Journal of clinical investigation
      Acetylation, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, chemistry, genetics, metabolism, Cell Membrane, Cilia, physiology, Fibroblasts, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Leber Congenital Amaurosis, Mice, Microtubules, Molecular Sequence Data, Neoplasm Proteins, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Transport, Retinal Degeneration, Sequence Deletion

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          Mutations in the gene centrosomal protein 290 kDa (CEP290) cause an array of debilitating and phenotypically distinct human diseases, ranging from the devastating blinding disease Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) to Senior-Løken syndrome, Joubert syndrome, and the lethal Meckel-Gruber syndrome. Despite its critical role in biology and disease, very little is known about CEP290's function. Here, we have identified 4 functional domains of the protein. We found that CEP290 directly binds to cellular membranes through an N-terminal domain that includes a highly conserved amphipathic helix motif and to microtubules through a domain located within its myosin-tail homology domain. Furthermore, CEP290 activity was regulated by 2 autoinhibitory domains within its N and C termini, both of which were found to play critical roles in regulating ciliogenesis. Disruption of the microtubule-binding domain in a mouse model of LCA was sufficient to induce significant deficits in cilium formation, which led to retinal degeneration. These data implicate CEP290 as an integral structural and regulatory component of the cilium and provide insight into the pathological mechanisms of LCA and related ciliopathies. Further, these data illustrate that disruption of particular CEP290 functional domains may lead to particular disease phenotypes and suggest innovative strategies for therapeutic intervention.

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