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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2017

Revisiting the tubulin cofactors and Arl2 in the regulation of soluble αβ-tubulin pools and their effect on microtubule dynamics.

Jawdat Al-Bassam

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Expanding the Phenotypic Spectrum of Kenny-Caffey Syndrome.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jawdat Al-BassamMolecular Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 jawdat@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Tubulin Dimer Regulatory Pathways and Their Impact on Microtubule FunctionR01GM110283 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI AL-BASSAM, JAWDAT MH · 2015 to 2023
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soluble αβ-tubulin heterodimers are maintained at high concentration inside eukaryotic cells, forming pools that fundamentally drive microtubule dynamics. Five conserved tubulin cofactors and ADP ribosylation factor-like 2 regulate the biogenesis and degradation of αβ-tubulins to maintain concentrated soluble pools. Here I describe a revised model for the function of three tubulin cofactors and Arl2 as a multisubunit GTP-hydrolyzing catalytic chaperone that cycles to promote αβ-tubulin biogenesis and degradation. This model helps explain old and new data indicating these activities enhance microtubule dynamics in vivo via repair or removal of αβ-tubulins from the soluble pools.

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ADP-Ribosylation FactorsDimerizationGTP-Binding ProteinsHomeostasisHumansMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMicrotubulesModels, MolecularMolecular ChaperonesTubulinADP-Ribosylation FactorsARL2 protein, humanGTP-Binding ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesTubulin

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PMID28137948
PMCPMC5341719
OpenAlexW2580283770

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