Control of microtubule organization and dynamics: two ends in the limelight

A Akhmanova, MO Steinmetz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Microtubules have fundamental roles in many essential biological processes, including cell
division and intracellular transport. They assemble and disassemble from their two ends …

Regulation of microtubule dynamics by TOG-domain proteins XMAP215/Dis1 and CLASP

J Al-Bassam, F Chang - Trends in cell biology, 2011 - cell.com
The molecular mechanisms by which microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) regulate the
dynamic properties of microtubules (MTs) are still poorly understood. We review recent …

Global profiling of phosphorylation-dependent changes in cysteine reactivity

EK Kemper, Y Zhang, MM Dix, BF Cravatt - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
Proteomics has revealed that the~ 20,000 human genes engender a far greater number of
proteins, or proteoforms, that are diversified in large part by post-translational modifications …

Interplay between microtubule dynamics and intracellular organization

H de Forges, A Bouissou, F Perez - … journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Microtubules are hollow tubes essential for many cellular functions such as cell polarization
and migration, intracellular trafficking and cell division. They are polarized polymers …

CFEOM1-associated kinesin KIF21A is a cortical microtubule growth inhibitor

B van der Vaart, WE van Riel, H Doodhi, JT Kevenaar… - Developmental cell, 2013 - cell.com
Mechanisms controlling microtubule dynamics at the cell cortex play a crucial role in cell
morphogenesis and neuronal development. Here, we identified kinesin-4 KIF21A as an …

Regulation of end-binding protein EB1 in the control of microtubule dynamics

A Nehlig, A Molina, S Rodrigues-Ferreira… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
The regulation of microtubule dynamics is critical to ensure essential cell functions, such as
proper segregation of chromosomes during mitosis or cell polarity and migration. End …

Synergy between XMAP215 and EB1 increases microtubule growth rates to physiological levels

M Zanic, PO Widlund, AA Hyman, J Howard - Nature cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
In cells, a complex network of proteins regulates the dynamic growth of microtubules that is
essential for division and migration. In vitro approaches with purified components have so …

+ TIPs: SxIPping along microtubule ends

P Kumar, T Wittmann - Trends in cell biology, 2012 - cell.com
+ TIPs are a heterogeneous class of proteins that specifically bind to growing microtubule
ends. Because dynamic microtubules are essential for many intracellular processes,+ TIPs …

Microtubule plus-end tracking proteins in neuronal development

D van de Willige, CC Hoogenraad… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton is of pivotal importance for neuronal
development and function. One such regulatory mechanism centers on microtubule plus …

Local control of intracellular microtubule dynamics by EB1 photodissociation

J van Haren, RA Charafeddine, A Ettinger, H Wang… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
End-binding proteins (EBs) are adaptors that recruit functionally diverse microtubule plus-
end-tracking proteins (+ TIPs) to growing microtubule plus ends. To test with high spatial and …