Regulation of microtubule motors by tubulin isotypes and post-translational modifications

Molecular Adaptations Allow Dynein to Generate Large Collective Forces inside Cells

(2013) Arpan K. Rai et al.   CELL

Structure of a kinesin–tubulin complex and implications for kinesin motility

(2013) Benoît Gigant et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Hematologic  -Tubulin VI Isoform Exhibits Genetic Variability That Influences Paclitaxel Toxicity

(2012) L. J. Leandro-Garcia et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

The chemical complexity of cellular microtubules: Tubulin post-translational modification enzymes and their roles in tuning microtubule functions

(2012) Christopher P. Garnham et al.   Cytoskeleton

An inherited TUBB2B mutation alters a kinesin-binding site and causes polymicrogyria, CFEOM and axon dysinnervation

(2012) Gustav Y. Cederquist et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Reconstitution of the human cytoplasmic dynein complex

(2012) M. Trokter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural Basis for Microtubule Binding and Release by Dynein

(2012) W. B. Redwine et al.   SCIENCE

Tug-of-War in Motor Protein Ensembles Revealed with a Programmable DNA Origami Scaffold

(2012) N. D. Derr et al.   SCIENCE

Mutations in the β-Tubulin Gene TUBB5 Cause Microcephaly with Structural Brain Abnormalities

(2012) Martin Breuss et al.   Cell Reports

Design, Overexpression, and Purification of Polymerization-Blocked Yeast αβ-Tubulin Mutants

(2011) Vinu Johnson et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The C-termini of tubulin and the specific geometry of tubulin substrates influence the depolymerization activity of MCAK

(2011) Kathleen M. Hertzer et al.   CELL CYCLE

The Tubulin Deglutamylase CCPP-1 Regulates the Function and Stability of Sensory Cilia in C. elegans

(2011) Robert O'Hagan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phenotypic spectrum of the tubulin-related disorders and functional implications of disease-causing mutations

(2011) Max A Tischfield et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Post-translational regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton: mechanisms and functions

(2011) Carsten Janke et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of the Dynein Motor Domain

(2011) A. P. Carter et al.   SCIENCE

Distinct α- and β-tubulin isotypes are required for the positioning, differentiation and survival of neurons: new support for the ‘multi-tubulin’ hypothesis

(2010) Max A. Tischfield et al.   BIOSCIENCE REPORTS

A Family of Protein-Deglutamylating Enzymes Associated with Neurodegeneration

(2010) Krzysztof Rogowski et al.   CELL

Human TUBB3 Mutations Perturb Microtubule Dynamics, Kinesin Interactions, and Axon Guidance

(2010) Max A. Tischfield et al.   CELL

Autoinhibition of the kinesin-2 motor KIF17 via dual intramolecular mechanisms

(2010) Jennetta W. Hammond et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tubulin polyglutamylation stimulates spastin-mediated microtubule severing

(2010) Benjamin Lacroix et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Post-translational modifications of microtubules

(2010) D. Wloga et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

An atomic-level mechanism for activation of the kinesin molecular motors

(2010) C. V. Sindelar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Motor-dependent microtubule disassembly driven by tubulin tyrosination

(2009) Leticia Peris et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tubulin tyrosination navigates the kinesin-1 motor domain to axons

(2009) Yoshiyuki Konishi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

(2009) Nobutaka Hirokawa et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Regulators of the cytoplasmic dynein motor

(2009) Julia R. Kardon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Catalysis of the microtubule on-rate is the major parameter regulating the depolymerase activity of MCAK

(2009) Jeremy R Cooper et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells

(2008) S. Dunn et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Tracking the ends: a dynamic protein network controls the fate of microtubule tips

(2008) Anna Akhmanova et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY