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New data on the microtubule surface lattice

Chrétien, Denis, Wade, Richard H.·1991·Biology of the Cell
DOI 10.1016/0248-4900(91)90062-r
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Summary— The in vitro polymerisation of tubulin is a remarkable example of protein self‐assembly in thet several closely related microtubule structures coexist on the polymerisation plateau. Unfixed and unstained in vitro assembled microtubules were observed in vitreous ice by cryo‐electron microscopy. New results are reported that considerably extend previous observations [47]. In ice, microtubule images have a distinctive contrast related to the number and skew of the photofilaments. The microtubules observed have from twelve to seventeen protofilaments. Comparison with thin sections of pelleted material allows a direct identification of images from microtubules with thirteen, fourteen and fifteen protofilaments. A surface lattice accommodation mechanism, previously proposed to explain how variable numbers of protofilaments can be incorporated into the basic thirteen protofilament structure, is described in detail. Our new experimental results are shown to be in overall agreement with the theoretical predictions. Only thirteen protofilament microtubules have unskewed protofilaments, this was confirmed by observations on axoneme fragments. The results imply that the microtubule surface lattice is based on a mixed packing which combines features of the standard A and B lattices.

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Authors
Chrétien, D., & Wade, R. H.
Venue
Biology of the Cell
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1991-01
Volume
71
Issue
1-2
Pages
161-174
ISSN
  • 0248-4900 (ISSN-L)
  • 1768-322X
DOI
10.1016/0248-4900(91)90062-r
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W2075525059
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260
References
33
FWCI
1.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
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