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Posttranslational Modifications of Tubulin and Cilia

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Wloga, Dorota, Joachimiak, Ewa, Louka, Panagiota, Gaertig, Jacek·2017·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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Tubulin undergoes several highly conserved posttranslational modifications (PTMs) including acetylation, detyrosination, glutamylation, and glycylation. These PTMs accumulate on a subset of microtubules that are long-lived, including those in the basal bodies and axonemes. Tubulin PTMs are distributed nonuniformly. In the outer doublet microtubules of the axoneme, the B-tubules are highly enriched in the detyrosinated, polyglutamylated, and polyglycylated tubulin, whereas the A-tubules contain mostly unmodified tubulin. The nonuniform patterns of tubulin PTMs may functionalize microtubules in a position-dependent manner. Recent studies indicate that tubulin PTMs contribute to the assembly, disassembly, maintenance, and motility of cilia. In particular, tubulin glutamylation has emerged as a key PTM that affects ciliary motility through regulation of axonemal dynein arms and controls the stability and length of the axoneme.

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Authors
Wloga, D., Joachimiak, E., Louka, P., & Gaertig, J.
Affiliations
  • Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego (PL)
  • University of Georgia (US)
Venue
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
Published
2016-12-21
Volume
9
Issue
6
Pages
a028159
ISSN
1943-0264 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2564037454
Cited by
183
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144
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posted content
Language
en
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  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • European Molecular Biology Organization
  • University of Georgia
  • Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Keywords
tubulin post-translational modifications, tubulin acetylation, tubulin detyrosination, tubulin glutamylation, cilia, basal bodies, axoneme, outer doublet microtubules, ciliary motility, dynein arms, microtubule assembly and disassembly
MeSH terms
Acetylation, Animals, Cell Movement, Cilia, Diffusion, Glutamine, Microtubules, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Tetrahymena, Tubulin, Tyrosine, Axoneme, Axonemal Dyneins

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