Purification of cytoplasmic tubulin and microtubule organizing center proteins functioning in microtubule initiation from the alga Polytomella.
AUTOR(ES)
Stearns, M E
RESUMO
Cytoplasmic tubulin and the microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) for the cytoskeletal microtubule system of the flagellate Polytomella have been isolated. The isolated MTOCs serve as sites for the in vitro assembly of the purified tubulin protein. The major proteins (four polypeptides of molecular weights 190,000-210,000) functioning in this assembly have been extracted from the MTOCs and purified. Kinetic studies and experiments with in vivo 35S-labeled MTOC proteins (or 35S-labeled tubulin) demonstrate that these proteins function specifically in microtubule initiation and do not contribute to microtubule elongation. The results indicate that microtubule assembly in vivo is controlled by microtubule initiating proteins associated with the organelles termed MTOCs.
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