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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 126-134Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02115.x
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NtMAP65-1b; plant microtubule-associated protein; microtubule bundles; katanin
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Tobacco microtubule associated protein (MAP65) (NtMAP65s) constitute a family of microtubule-associated proteins with apparent molecular weight around 65 kDa that collectively induce microtubule bundling and promote microtubule assembly in vitro. They are associated with most of the tobacco microtubule arrays in situ. Recently, three NtMAP65s belonging to the NtMAP65-1 subfamily have been cloned. Here we investigated in vitro the biochemical properties of one member of this family, the tobacco NtMAP65-1b. We demonstrated that recombinant NtMAP65-1b is a microtubule-binding and a microtubule-bundling protein. NtMAP65-1b has no effect on microtubule polymerization rate and binds microtubules with an estimated equilibrium constant of dissociation (K-d) of 0.57 mum. Binding of NtMAP65-1b to microtubules occurs through the carboxy-terminus of tubulin, as NtMAP65-1b was no longer able to bind subtilisin-digested tubulin. In vitro, NtMAP65-1b stabilizes microtubules against depolymerization induced by cold, but not against katanin-induced destabilization. The biological implications of these results are discussed.
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