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ArticleCytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)2025

Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies for Detecting the Tubulin Post-Translational Modifications Glutamylation and Lysine-40 Acetylation.

Lynne Blasius, Ezekiel C Thomas, Erik H Collet, Erin Jenson, Chad G Pearson, Ryoma Ohi, Kristen J Verhey

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Article in Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular biology of the cell · 2026
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  2. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lynne BlasiusDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3190-4304
Ezekiel C ThomasDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-0477
Erik H ColletDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0307-5226
Erin JensonDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-3523
Chad G PearsonDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-6593
Ryoma OhiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-134X
Kristen J VerheyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-4981

Funding

Kinesin Motors and Microtubule-based TraffickingR35GM131744 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Kristen J. Verhey · 2019 to 2026
$6.3M
Cellular and Molecular Biology at MichiganT32GM145470 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI John Chadwick Brenner · 2022 to 2026
$4.1M
Centriole assembly and function for centrosome and cilia biologyR35GM140813 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CHAD G PEARSON · 2021 to 2026
$3.5M
Biology and Biochemistry of the Microtubule CytoskeletonR35GM153209 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Ryoma Ohi · 2024 to 2026
$1.0M
Development of live-cell probes to investigate tubulin post-translational modifications in neuronal regenerationR21NS132003 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GIGER, ROMAN JENO, OHI, RYOMA · 2023 to 2024
$429k
American Cancer Society PF-24-1320851-01-CCBNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131744NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140813NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM153209NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145470NIH HHS R21NS132003NIH HHS R35153209NIH HHS R35GM131744NIH HHS R35GM140813NIH HHS T32GM145470NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS132003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) to tubulin subunits in microtubule filaments are thought to comprise a component of the tubulin code that specifies microtubule functions in cell physiology and animal development. Acetylation of Lysine-40 (K40) on α-tubulin (αTub-K40ac) and glutamylation of both α- and β-tubulin are two tubulin PTMs of interest to the field. Antibodies that recognize these PTMs have been indispensable tools to study the localization of these PTMs as well as their biological functions. Although widely used, these antibodies are procured from commercial sources and thus have drawbacks including availability, high cost, and lack of reproducibility. To mitigate these downsides, we report the protein sequences of GT335 (anti-glutamylation) and 6-11B-1 (anti-αTub-K40ac) monoclonal antibodies and describe the use of these sequences to generate recombinant monoclonal antibody (rMAb) versions of GT335 and 6-11B-1. We demonstrate through western blotting and immunofluorescence of cultured mammalian cells and Tetrahymena thermophila that rMAb-GT335 and rMAb-611B1 match the specific activity of the commercially available antibodies. Our work provides the field with a renewable source of antibodies with high specificity and affinity towards tubulin glutamylation and acetylation and opens the door to more reproducible and large-scale studies of the function and regulation these tubulin PTMs.

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PMCPMC12276849

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