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Tubulin bond energies and microtubule biomechanics determined from nanoindentation in silico [PDF]

, 2015
Microtubules, the primary components of the chromosome segregation machinery, are stabilized by longitudinal and lateral non-covalent bonds between the tubulin subunits.
Ataullakhanov, Fazly I., Barsegov, Valeri, Dima, Ruxandra I., Grishchuk, Ekaterina L., Kholodov, Yaroslav, Kononova, Olga, Marx, Kenneth A., Theisen, Kelly E.   +7 more
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A tethered delivery mechanism explains the catalytic action of a microtubule polymerase

eLife, 2014
Stu2p/XMAP215 proteins are essential microtubule polymerases that use multiple αβ-tubulin-interacting TOG domains to bind microtubule plus ends and catalyze fast microtubule growth.
Pelin Ayaz, Sarah Munyoki, Elisabeth A Geyer, Felipe-Andrés Piedra, Emily S Vu, Raquel Bromberg, Zbyszek Otwinowski, Nick V Grishin, Chad A Brautigam, Luke M Rice   +9 more
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Mammalian kinetochores count attached microtubules in a sensitive and switch-like manner. [PDF]

, 2019
The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) prevents anaphase until all kinetochores attach to the spindle. Each mammalian kinetochore binds many microtubules, but how many attached microtubules are required to turn off the checkpoint, and how the kinetochore ...
Akiyoshi, Alushin, Aravamudhan, Ballister, Barisic, Cane, Cheeseman, Chen, Ciferri, Clute, David, De Antoni, DeLuca, DeLuca, DeLuca, Dick, Dudka, Elting, Elting, Etemad, Etemad, Funabiki, Gassmann, Guimaraes, Hengeveld, Hewitt, Hiruma, Howell, Howell, Hueschen, Janssen, Jelluma, Ji, Johnston, Jonathan Kuhn, Kajtez, Khodjakov, Kuhn, London, Long, Lukinavičius, Maciejowski, Magidson, Maldonado, Maresca, Martin-Lluesma, Matson, McEwen, McIntosh, McKinley, Nijenhuis, Orth, O’Connell, Peterson, Pinsky, Rieder, Rieder, Santaguida, Sarangapani, Saurin, Shah, Sikirzhytski, Sikirzhytski, Sivakumar, Sophie Dumont, Sundin, Suzuki, Suzuki, Tanaka, Tauchman, Uchida, Uetake, Vanoosthuyse, Volkov, Wan, Waters, Wendell, Wojcik, Yoo, Zaytsev, Zaytsev   +80 more
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Isolation of Microtubules and Microtubule Proteins

Current Protocols in Cell Biology, 2008
AbstractThis unit describes various protocols for the isolation and purification of the main constituents of microtubules, chiefly α‐ and β‐tubulin, and the most significant microtubule associated proteins (MAPs), specifically MAP1A, MAP1B, MAP2, and tau.
Ávila, Jesús, Soares, Helena, Fanarraga, Mónica L., Zabala, Juan Carlos   +3 more
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She1 affects dynein through direct interactions with the microtubule and the dynein microtubule-binding domain

Nature Communications, 2017
Dynein is a microtubule motor the motility of which is affected by the microtubule-associated protein She1. Here, the authors show that She1 alters dynein stepping behavior and increases its microtubule affinity through simultaneous interactions with the
Kari H. Ecklund, Tatsuya Morisaki, Lindsay G. Lammers, Matthew G. Marzo, Timothy J. Stasevich, Steven M. Markus   +5 more
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Molecular determinants of the Ska-Ndc80 interaction and their influence on microtubule tracking and force-coupling

eLife, 2019
Errorless chromosome segregation requires load-bearing attachments of the plus ends of spindle microtubules to chromosome structures named kinetochores. How these end-on kinetochore attachments are established following initial lateral contacts with the ...
Pim J Huis in 't Veld, Vladimir A Volkov, Isabelle D Stender, Andrea Musacchio, Marileen Dogterom   +4 more
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The functions of kinesin and kinesin-related proteins in eukaryotes

Cell Adhesion & Migration, 2020
Kinesins constitute a superfamily of ATP-driven microtubule motor enzymes that convert the chemical energy of ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work along microtubule tracks. Kinesins are found in all eukaryotic organisms and are essential to all eukaryotic
Iftikhar Ali, Wei-Cai Yang
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Coarse-Grained Simulation of Mechanical Properties of Single Microtubules With Micrometer Length

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021
Microtubules are one of the most important components in the cytoskeleton and play a vital role in maintaining the shape and function of cells. Because single microtubules are some micrometers long, it is difficult to simulate such a large system using ...
Jinyin Zha, Yuwei Zhang, Kelin Xia, Kelin Xia, Frauke Gräter, Frauke Gräter, Frauke Gräter, Fei Xia, Fei Xia   +8 more
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NAP (davunetide) rescues neuronal dysfunction in a Drosophila model of tauopathy [PDF]

, 2013
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease causing irreversible cognitive decline in the elderly. There is no disease-modifying therapy for this condition and the mechanisms underpinning neuronal dysfunction and neurodegeneration
Cowan, C.M., Mudher, A., Quraishe, S.
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CENP-F stabilizes kinetochore-microtubule attachments and limits dynein stripping of corona cargoes [PDF]

, 2020
Accurate chromosome segregation demands efficient capture of microtubules by kinetochores and their conversion to stable bioriented attachments that can congress and then segregate chromosomes.
Allan, Andrew D. McAinsh, Auckland, Bancroft, Baumbach, Berto, Berto, Bolhy, Bomont, Chan, Ciossani, Currie, DeSantis, Dix, Dudka, Emanuele Roscioli, Etemad, Faulkner, Feng, Filges, Gama, Gassmann, Gutierrez, Haley, Helena Louise Elvidge Coker, Helgeson, Hoffman, Holt, Howell, Huang, Huis In ’t Veld, Johnson, Kanfer, Kanfer, Klinman, Kuhn, Liu, Magidson, Magidson, Maiato, McEwen, McEwen, McKinley, Meraldi, Monda, Moughamian, Musacchio, Musacchio, Musinipally, Olenick, Olziersky, Pandey, Pereira, Peterka, Philip Auckland, Raaijmakers, Ran, Rattner, Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Roscioli, Sacristan, Samejima, Schmidt, Shao, Shrestha, Siller, Simões, Stehman, Tai, Thrower, Toropova, Vagnoni, Vergnolle, Volkov, Wojcik, Wynne, Wynne, Wynne, Yang, Yi, Zhu   +80 more
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