Mechanisms of microtubule organization in differentiated animal cells

A Akhmanova, LC Kapitein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Microtubules are polarized cytoskeletal filaments that serve as tracks for intracellular
transport and form a scaffold that positions organelles and other cellular components and …

Selective motor activation in organelle transport along axons

SE Cason, ELF Holzbaur - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
The active transport of organelles and other cargos along the axon is required to maintain
neuronal health and function, but we are just beginning to understand the complex …

[HTML][HTML] NF-κB activation enhances STING signaling by altering microtubule-mediated STING trafficking

L Zhang, X Wei, Z Wang, P Liu, Y Hou, Y Xu, H Su… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
It is widely known that stimulator of interferon genes (STING) can trigger nuclear factor κB
(NF-κB) signaling. However, whether and how the NF-κB pathway affects STING signaling …

[HTML][HTML] ER proteins decipher the tubulin code to regulate organelle distribution

P Zheng, CJ Obara, E Szczesna, J Nixon-Abell… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Organelles move along differentially modified microtubules to establish and maintain their
proper distributions and functions,. However, how cells interpret these post-translational …

[HTML][HTML] The tubulin code, from molecules to health and disease

ED McKenna, SL Sarbanes… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Microtubules are essential dynamic polymers composed of α/β-tubulin heterodimers. They
support intracellular trafficking, cell division, cellular motility, and other essential cellular …

Structural and functional insight into regulation of kinesin-1 by microtubule-associated protein MAP7

LS Ferro, Q Fang, L Eshun-Wilson, J Fernandes… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Microtubule (MT)–associated protein 7 (MAP7) is a required cofactor for kinesin-1–driven
transport of intracellular cargoes. Using cryo–electron microscopy and single–molecule …

Posttranslational modification of microtubules by the MATCAP detyrosinase

L Landskron, J Bak, A Adamopoulos, K Kaplani… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The detyrosination-tyrosination cycle involves the removal and religation of the C-terminal
tyrosine of α-tubulin and is implicated in cognitive, cardiac, and mitotic defects. The …

[HTML][HTML] The gut microbial metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide and cardiovascular diseases

J Zhen, Z Zhou, M He, HX Han, EH Lv… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are exceedingly high worldwide.
Researchers have found that the occurrence and development of CVDs are closely related …

Tubulin polyglutamylation differentially regulates microtubule‐interacting proteins

M Genova, L Grycova, V Puttrich, MM Magiera… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Tubulin posttranslational modifications have been predicted to control cytoskeletal functions
by coordinating the molecular interactions between microtubules and their associating …

Structure and mechanics of dynein motors

JT Canty, R Tan, E Kusakci… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Dyneins make up a family of AAA+ motors that move toward the minus end of microtubules.
Cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for transporting intracellular cargos in interphase cells …