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Published online 31 October 2005. doi:10.1083/jcb.200508078
The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 $8.00
JCB, Volume 171, Number 3, 411-413
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 Cytoplasmic dynein nomenclature

K. Kevin Pfister1, Elizabeth M.C. Fisher2, Ian R. Gibbons3, Thomas S. Hays4, Erika L.F. Holzbaur5, J. Richard McIntosh6, Mary E. Porter4, Trina A. Schroer7, Kevin T. Vaughan8, George B. Witman9, Stephen M. King10, and Richard B. Vallee11

1 Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908
2 Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
3 Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
4 Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
5 Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
6 Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
7 Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
8 Department of Biological Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
9 Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
10 Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030
11 Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032

Correspondence to K. Kevin Pfister: kkp9w{at}virginia.edu


Abstract
A variety of names has been used in the literature for the subunits of cytoplasmic dynein complexes. Thus, there is a strong need for a more definitive consensus statement on nomenclature. This is especially important for mammalian cytoplasmic dyneins, many subunits of which are encoded by multiple genes. We propose names for the mammalian cytoplasmic dynein subunit genes and proteins that reflect the phylogenetic relationships of the genes and the published studies clarifying the functions of the polypeptides. This nomenclature recognizes the two distinct cytoplasmic dynein complexes and has the flexibility to accommodate the discovery of new subunits and isoforms.


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