Journal
TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 125-136Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.10.004
Keywords
tubulin; microtubule; detyrosination; acetylation; polyglutamylation; polyamination
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NS023868, NS041170]
- HHMI
- Grass Foundation
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Tubulin and microtubules are subject to a remarkable number of post-translational modifications. Understanding the roles these modifications play in determining the functions and properties of microtubules has presented a major challenge that is only now being met. Many of these modifications are found concurrently, leading to considerable diversity in cellular microtubules, which varies with development, differentiation, cell compartment, and cell cycle. We now know that post-translational modifications of tubulin affect, not only the dynamics of the microtubules, but also their organization and interaction with other cellular components. Many early suggestions of how post-translational modifications affect microtubules have been replaced with new ideas and even new modifications as our understanding of cellular microtubule diversity comes into focus.
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