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ArticleeLife2019

Remote control of microtubule plus-end dynamics and function from the minus-end.

Xiuzhen Chen, Lukas A Widmer, Marcel M Stangier, Michel O Steinmetz, Jörg Stelling, Yves Barral

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiuzhen Chen *Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3027-6441
Lukas A Widmer *Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1471-3493
Marcel M StangierLaboratory of Biomolecular Research, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.
Michel O SteinmetzLaboratory of Biomolecular Research, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.
Jörg StellingDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1145-891X
Yves BarralInstitute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0989-3373
ETH Zurich · CHSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHPaul Scherrer Institute · CHUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 31003A-105904Swiss National Science Foundation 31003A_166608Swiss National Science Fundation 31003A-105904Swiss National Science Fundation 31003A_166608SystemsX.ch RTD Grant #2012/192 TubeX
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotes, the organization and function of the microtubule cytoskeleton depend on the allocation of different roles to individual microtubules. For example, many asymmetrically dividing cells differentially specify microtubule behavior at old and new centrosomes. Here we show that yeast spindle pole bodies (SPBs, yeast centrosomes) differentially control the plus-end dynamics and cargoes of their astral microtubules, remotely from the minus-end. The old SPB recruits the kinesin motor protein Kip2, which then translocates to the plus-end of the emanating microtubules, promotes their extension and delivers dynein into the bud. Kip2 recruitment at the SPB depends on Bub2 and Bfa1, and phosphorylation of cytoplasmic Kip2 prevents random lattice binding. Releasing Kip2 of its control by SPBs equalizes its distribution, the length of microtubules and dynein distribution between the mother cell and its bud. These observations reveal that microtubule organizing centers use minus to plus-end directed remote control to individualize microtubule function.

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CentrosomeMicrotubulesProtein BindingProtein TransportSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinsasymmetric cell divisioncargo deliverycell biologycomputational biologykinesinmathematical modelingmicrotubule cytoskeleton organizationmicrotubule-organizing centerS. cerevisiaesystems biology

Identifiers

PMID31490122
PMCPMC6754230
OpenAlexW2971421521

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