Microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins

HV Goodson, EM Jonasson - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Microtubules act as “railways” for motor-driven intracellular transport, interact with accessory
proteins to assemble into larger structures such as the mitotic spindle, and provide an …

[HTML][HTML] The cytoskeleton—a complex interacting meshwork

T Hohmann, F Dehghani - Cells, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
The cytoskeleton of animal cells is one of the most complicated and functionally versatile
structures, involved in processes such as endocytosis, cell division, intra-cellular transport …

Building the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton

LC Kapitein, CC Hoogenraad - Neuron, 2015‏ - cell.com
Microtubules are one of the major cytoskeletal components of neurons, essential for many
fundamental cellular and developmental processes, such as neuronal migration, polarity …

Recent progress on tubulin inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer therapy

W Shuai, G Wang, Y Zhang, F Bu, S Zhang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Microtubules play a crucial role in multiple cellular functions including mitosis, cell signaling,
and organelle trafficking, which makes the microtubule an important target for cancer …

Microtubule nucleation: beyond the template

J Roostalu, T Surrey - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2017‏ - nature.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments central to a wide range of essential cellular functions
in eukaryotic cells. Consequently, cells need to exert tight control over when, where and how …

Non-equilibrium assembly of microtubules: from molecules to autonomous chemical robots

H Hess, JL Ross - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Biological systems have evolved to harness non-equilibrium processes from the molecular
to the macro scale. It is currently a grand challenge of chemistry, materials science, and …

Microtubule-severing enzymes: From cellular functions to molecular mechanism

FJ McNally, A Roll-Mecak - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018‏ - rupress.org
Microtubule severing was first reported in Xenopus laevis egg extracts (Vale, 1991). The first
microtubule-severing enzyme was purified from sea urchin eggs (McNally and Vale, 1993) …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule minus-end stabilization by polymerization-driven CAMSAP deposition

K Jiang, S Hua, R Mohan, I Grigoriev, KW Yau, Q Liu… - Developmental cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal polymers with two structurally and functionally distinct ends,
the plus-and the minus-end. Here, we focus on the mechanisms underlying the regulation of …

Protein rescue from aggregates by powerful molecular chaperone machines

SM Doyle, O Genest, S Wickner - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013‏ - nature.com
Protein quality control within the cell requires the interplay of many molecular chaperones
and proteases. When this quality control system is disrupted, polypeptides follow pathways …

Microtubule minus-end-targeting proteins

A Akhmanova, CC Hoogenraad - Current Biology, 2015‏ - cell.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments that are intrinsically polarized, with two structurally
and functionally distinct ends, the plus end and the minus end. Over the last decade …