36Primary cilia are sensory organelles that are crucial for cell signaling during 37 development and organ homeostasis. Cilia arise from the centrosome and their 38 formation is governed by numerous regulatory factors. We show that the leucine-zipper 39 protein LUZP1 localizes to the pericentriolar material and actin cytoskeleton. Using 40TurboID proximity labeling and pulldowns, LUZP1 associates with factors linked to 41 centrosome and actin filaments. Loss of LUZP1 reduces F-actin levels, facilitating 42 ciliogenesis and altering Sonic Hedgehog signaling, pointing to a key role in the 43 cytoskeleton-cilia interdependency. Moreover, we show that LUZP1 interacts with a 44 truncated form of the transcription factor SALL1 that causes Townes-Brocks Syndrome. 45 TBS is characterized by digit, heart and kidney malformations and is linked in part to 46 defective cilia. Truncated SALL1 increases the ubiquitin proteasome-mediated 47 51Primary cilia are sensory organelles that have a crucial role in cell signaling, 52 polarity and protein trafficking during development and organ homeostasis. 53 Importantly, the involvement of primary cilia in the above-mentioned processes is 54 frequently due to its role in Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) pathway regulation (1). Briefly, Shh 55 activation through its receptor PTCH1 leads to ciliary enrichment of the transmembrane 56 protein Smoothened (SMO), with concomitant conversion of the transcription factor 57 GLI3 from a cleaved repressor form to a full-length activator form, leading to activation 58 of Shh target genes. Two such genes are PTCH1 and GLI1 (encoding the Shh receptor 59 and a transcriptional activator, respectively), exemplifying the feedback and fine-tuning 60 of the Shh pathway. 61Cilia arise from the centrosome, a cellular organelle composed of two barrel-62 shaped microtubule-based structures called the centrioles. Primary cilia formation is 63 very dynamic throughout the cell cycle. Cilia are nucleated from the mother centriole 64 (MC) at the membrane-anchored basal body upon entry into the G0 phase, and they 65 reabsorb as cells progress from G1 to S phase, completely disassembling in mitosis (2). 66Centrioles are surrounded by protein-based matrix pericentriolar material (PCM) (3, 4). 67In eukaryotic cells, PCM proteins are concentrically arranged around a centriole in a 68 highly organized manner (5-8). Based on this observation, proper positioning and 69 organization of PCM proteins may be important for promoting different cellular 70 processes in a spatially regulated way (9). Not surprisingly, aberrations in the function 71 of PCM scaffolds are also associated with many human diseases, including cancer and 72 ciliopathies (10, 11). 73Cilia assembly and disassembly are regulated by diverse factors, including the 74 main cilia suppressor proteins CCP110 and CEP97 and the actin cytoskeleton. CCP110 75 4 and CEP97 form a complex that, when removed from the MC, allows ciliogenesis (12). 76The regulation of actin dynamics is also considered a major ciliogenesis driver in 7...