[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule acetylation dyshomeostasis in Parkinson's disease

P Naren, KS Samim, KP Tryphena, LK Vora… - Translational …, 2023 - Springer
The inter-neuronal communication occurring in extensively branched neuronal cells is
achieved primarily through the microtubule (MT)-mediated axonal transport system. This …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of ribosome-associated mRNA degradation during tubulin autoregulation

M Höpfler, E Absmeier, SY Peak-Chew… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Microtubules play crucial roles in cellular architecture, intracellular transport, and mitosis.
The availability of free tubulin subunits affects polymerization dynamics and microtubule …

A family of carboxypeptidases catalyzing α-and β-tubulin tail processing and deglutamylation

S Nicot, G Gillard, H Impheng, E Joachimiak… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Tubulin posttranslational modifications represent an important mechanism involved in the
regulation of microtubule functions. The most widespread among them are detyrosination …

Tubulin engineering by semi-synthesis reveals that polyglutamylation directs detyrosination

E Ebberink, S Fernandes, G Hatzopoulos, N Agashe… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Microtubules, a critical component of the cytoskeleton, carry post-translational modifications
(PTMs) that are important for the regulation of key cellular processes. Long-lived …

[HTML][HTML] The microtubule cytoskeleton: An old validated target for novel therapeutic drugs

L Lafanechère - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Compounds targeting microtubules are widely used in cancer therapy with a proven efficacy.
However, because they also target non-cancerous cells, their administration leads to …

Microtubule-binding protein MAP1B regulates interstitial axon branching of cortical neurons via the tubulin tyrosination cycle

J Ziak, JM Dorskind, B Trigg, S Sudarsanam… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Regulation of directed axon guidance and branching during development is essential for the
generation of neuronal networks. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie …

α-Tubulin detyrosination links the suppression of MCAK activity with taxol cytotoxicity

D Lopes, AL Seabra, B Orr, H Maiato - Journal of Cell Biology, 2022 - rupress.org
α/β-Tubulin posttranslational modifications (PTMs) generate microtubule diversity, but
whether they account for cancer cell resistance to microtubule-targeting drugs remains …

Microtubule detyrosination drives symmetry breaking to polarize cells for directed cell migration

K Lavrsen, G Rajendraprasad… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
To initiate directed movement, cells must become polarized, establishing a protrusive
leading edge and a contractile trailing edge. This symmetry-breaking process involves …

[HTML][HTML] EML2-S constitutes a new class of proteins that recognizes and regulates the dynamics of tyrosinated microtubules

T Hotta, TS McAlear, Y Yue, T Higaki, SE Haynes… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Tubulin post-translational modifications (PTMs) alter microtubule properties by affecting the
binding of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). Microtubule detyrosination, which …