ReviewJournal of cell science2021
Molecular insight into how γ-TuRC makes microtubules.
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- Post-Translational Modifications of Tubulin in Oocyte Maturation and Female Infertility.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Phosphorylation remodels the mitotic centrosome matrix to generate bipartite γ-tubulin complex docking sites.Science advances · 2026Article
- Cell Cycle-Specific Regulation of Centrosome Clustering Dynamics in Cancer Cells by the Multifunctional Kinesin HSET.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Insights into Microtubule Nucleation at the Golgi Apparatus.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Phosphorylation remodels the mitotic centrosome matrix to generate bipartite γ-tubulin complex docking sites.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A protein-proximity screen reveals Ebola virus co-opts the mRNA decapping complex through the scaffold protein EDC4.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Regulation of microtubule nucleation in glioblastoma cells by ARF GTPase-activating proteins GIT1 and GIT2 and protein kinase C.Cancer cell international · 2025Article
- XPO1/Exportin-1 in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; Biology and Therapeutic Targeting.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- γ-tubulin complex controls the nucleation of tubulin-based structures in Apicomplexa.Molecular biology of the cell · 2024Article
- Unveiling inter-embryo variability in spindle length over time: Towards quantitative phenotype analysis.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo.Journal of cell science · 2024Article
- A stable microtubule bundle formed through an orchestrated multistep process controls quiescence exit.eLife · 2024Article
- CAMSAPs and nucleation-promoting factors control microtubule release from γ-TuRC.Nature cell biology · 2024Article
- The AP-2 complex interacts with γ-TuRC and regulates the proliferative capacity of neural progenitors.Life science alliance · 2024Article
- Regulation of microtubule nucleation in mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells by ARF GTPase-activating protein GIT2.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Microtubule detyrosination by VASH1/SVBP is regulated by the conformational state of tubulin in the lattice.Current biology : CB · 2023Article
- Microtubule nucleation for spindle assembly: one molecule at a time.Trends in biochemical sciences · 2023Review
- Mechanisms underlying spindle assembly and robustness.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2023Review
- Actin filaments form a size-dependent diffusion barrier around centrosomes.EMBO reports · 2023Article
- Finding a right place to cut: How katanin is targeted to cellular severing sites.Quantitative plant biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
As one of four filament types, microtubules are a core component of the cytoskeleton and are essential for cell function. Yet how microtubules are nucleated from their building blocks, the αβ-tubulin heterodimer, has remained a fundamental open question since the discovery of tubulin 50 years ago. Recent structural studies have shed light on how γ-tubulin and the γ-tubulin complex proteins (GCPs) GCP2 to GCP6 form the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC). In parallel, functional and single-molecule studies have informed on how the γ-TuRC nucleates microtubules in real time, how this process is regulated in the cell and how it compares to other modes of nucleation. Another recent surprise has been the identification of a second essential nucleation factor, which turns out to be the well-characterized microtubule polymerase XMAP215 (also known as CKAP5, a homolog of chTOG, Stu2 and Alp14). This discovery helps to explain why the observed nucleation activity of the γ-TuRC in vitro is relatively low. Taken together, research in recent years has afforded important insight into how microtubules are made in the cell and provides a basis for an exciting era in the cytoskeleton field.
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