ReviewCurrent biology : CB2021
Molecular mechanisms underlying microtubule growth dynamics.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Naringin Potentiates Docetaxel-Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells via Transient Interaction with the TUBB3 GTP-Binding Site.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Article
- CLASP2 promotes repair of kinesin-1 damage to the microtubule lattice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- PMEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- MATCAP1 preferentially binds an expanded tubulin conformation to generate detyrosinated and ΔC2 α-tubulin.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- A coherent structural picture of the interaction of Tau with tubulin provides a link to its aggregation.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Review
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- Microtubule dynamics and post-translational modifications in cardiovascular diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Single-molecule microtubule dynamics measurements reveal an intermediate state and clarify the role of nucleotide.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Microtubule remodeling by the innate immune factor Trim69 compromises dynein-dependent migration of HIV virion cores toward the nucleus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Accessibility of the unstructured α-tubulin C-terminal tail is controlled by microtubule lattice conformation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Purification, Fluorescent Labeling, and Detyrosination of Mammalian Cell Tubulin for Biochemical Assays.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of microtubule dynamics from single-molecule measurements.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Structural switching of tubulin in the microtubule lattice.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025Review
- Hydroxyethylamine based analog targets microtubule assembly: an in silico study for anti-cancerous drug development.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Supramolecular fibrillation in coacervates and other confined systems towards biomimetic function.Communications chemistry · 2024Review
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- A stable microtubule bundle formed through an orchestrated multistep process controls quiescence exit.eLife · 2024Article
- Rapid binding to protofilament edge sites facilitates tip tracking of EB1 at growing microtubule plus-ends.eLife · 2024Article
- Interface-acting nucleotide controls polymerization dynamics at microtubule plus- and minus-ends.eLife · 2024Article
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Abstract
Microtubules are dynamic cytoskeletal filaments composed of αβ-tubulin heterodimers. Historically, the dynamics of single tubulin interactions at the growing microtubule tip have been inferred from steady-state growth kinetics. However, recent advances in the production of recombinant tubulin and in high-resolution optical and cryo-electron microscopies have opened new windows into understanding the impacts of specific intermolecular interactions during growth. The microtubule lattice is held together by lateral and longitudinal tubulin-tubulin interactions, and these interactions are in turn regulated by the GTP hydrolysis state of the tubulin heterodimer. Furthermore, tubulin can exist in either an extended or a compacted state in the lattice. Growing evidence has led to the suggestion that binding of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) or motors can induce changes in tubulin conformation and that this information can be communicated through the microtubule lattice. Progress in understanding how dynamic tubulin-tubulin interactions control dynamic instability has benefitted from visualizing structures of growing microtubule plus ends and through stochastic biochemical models constrained by experimental data. Here, we review recent insights into the molecular basis of microtubule growth and discuss how MAPs and regulatory proteins alter tubulin-tubulin interactions to exert their effects on microtubule growth and stability.
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