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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2020

Structural Characterization of Tau in Fuzzy Tau:Tubulin Complexes.

Ho Yee Joyce Fung, Kristen M McKibben, Jennifer Ramirez, Kushol Gupta, Elizabeth Rhoades

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ho Yee Joyce FungDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kristen M McKibbenBiochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jennifer RamirezBiochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kushol GuptaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Elizabeth RhoadesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: elizabeth.rhoades@sas.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Predoctoral Training at the Chemistry-Biology InterfaceT32GM071339 · NIGMS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MARMORSTEIN, RONEN, SPEICHER, DAVID W. · 2005 to 2019
$3.2M
Molecular mechanisms and cellular implications of tau dysfunctionRF1AG053951 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ODDE, DAVID J., RHOADES, ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2018
$2.9M
Predoctoral Training at the Chemistry-Biology InterfaceT32GM133398 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronen Marmorstein, Ernest James Petersson · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053951NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM071339NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM133398
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau is a neuronal microtubule (MT)-associated protein of significant interest due to its association with several neurodegenerative disorders. Tau's intrinsic disorder and the dynamic nature of its interactions with tubulin and MTs make its structural characterization challenging. Here, we use an environmentally sensitive fluorophore as a site-specific probe of tau bound to soluble tubulin. Comparison of our results with a recently published tau:MT cryoelectron microscopy model reveals structural similarities between tubulin- and MT-bound tau. Analysis of residues across the repeat regions reveals a hierarchy in tubulin occupancy, which may be relevant to tau's ability to differentiate between tubulin and MTs. As binding to soluble tubulin is a critical first step in MT polymerization, our characterization of the structural features of tau in dynamic, fuzzy tau:tubulin assemblies advances our understanding of how tau functions in the cell and how function may be disrupted in disease.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMicrotubulesModels, MolecularPolymerizationProtein BindingProtein Conformationtau ProteinsTubulinMAPT protein, humantau ProteinsTubulinacrylodanfluorescence correlation spectroscopyintrinsically disordered proteinmicrotubuletautubulin

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PMID31995742
PMCPMC7176406
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