Dynamics of the microtubule oscillator: role of nucleotides and tubulin-MAP interactions.
AUTOR(ES)
Mandelkow, E M
RESUMO
Microtubules can be induced to perform synchronous and periodic cycles of assembly and disassembly at constant temperature. The process depends on GTP hydrolysis. Time-resolved X-ray scattering using synchrotron radiation shows a cyclic interconversion of tubulin subunits, microtubules and oligomers (= short protofilament fragments). Oscillations are correlated with conditions that stabilize polymers and destabilize oligomers, and others of opposite effect. Microtubule stabilizers include GTP, Mg2+ or microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), destabilizers include GDP or elevated ionic strength. K+ at intracellular concentrations noticeably increases the stability of tubulin-MAP oligomers, in contrast to Na+. ATP and the non-hydrolyzable analogue AMP-PNP enhance oscillations by mechanisms that are not directly linked to the role of nucleotide hydrolysis in assembly. We propose a mechanism of oscillations that include oligomers as microtubule disassembly products which transiently lock the protein in an unpolymerizable state; this may point to a role of oligomers in controlling microtubule assembly cycles in cells.
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