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Altered chemomechanical coupling causes impaired motility of the kinesin-4 motors KIF27 and KIF7. [PDF]
, 2018 Kinesin-4 motors play important roles in cell division, microtubule organization, and signaling. Understanding how motors perform their functions requires an understanding of their mechanochemical and motility properties.
Blasius, T Lynne +7 more
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Centrosome Positioning in Dictyostelium: Moving beyond Microtubule Tip Dynamics
Cells, 2018 The variability in centrosome size, shape, and activity among different organisms provides an opportunity to understand both conserved and specialized actions of this intriguing organelle. Centrosomes in the model organism Dictyostelium sp.
Michael P. Koonce, Irina Tikhonenko
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 Heterozygous, missense mutations in both α- and β-tubulin genes have been linked to an array of neurodevelopment disorders, commonly referred to as “tubulinopathies.” To date, tubulinopathy mutations have been identified in three β-tubulin isotypes and ...
Katelyn J. Hoff +2 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Presynapses locally recycle synaptic vesicles to efficiently communicate information. During use and recycling, proteins on the surface of synaptic vesicles break down and become less efficient.
Mason Parkes +2 more
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Dynamics of Microtubule Growth and Catastrophe [PDF]
, 2007 We investigate a simple model of microtubule dynamics in which a microtubule evolves by: (i) attachment of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to its end at rate lambda, (ii) GTP converting irreversibly to guanosine diphosphate (GDP) at rate 1, and (iii ...
Antal, T. +4 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 +9 more
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Microtubules, microtubule-interfering agents and apoptosis
Apoptosis, 2003 Microtubules are dynamic polymers that play crucial roles in a large number of cellular functions. Their pivotal role in mitosis makes them a target for the development of anticancer drugs. Microtubule-damaging agents suppress microtubule dynamics, leading to disruption of the mitotic spindle in dividing cells, cell cycle arrest at M phase, and late ...
Mollinedo, Faustino, Gajate, Consuelo
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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 +5 more
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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 +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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