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Divergent regulation of functionally distinct ?-tubulin complexes during differentiation.


ABSTRACT: Differentiation induces the formation of noncentrosomal microtubule arrays in diverse tissues. The formation of these arrays requires loss of microtubule-organizing activity (MTOC) at the centrosome, but the mechanisms regulating this transition remain largely unexplored. Here, we use the robust loss of centrosomal MTOC activity in the epidermis to identify two pools of ?-tubulin that are biochemically and functionally distinct and differentially regulated. Nucleation-competent CDK5RAP2-?-tubulin complexes were maintained at centrosomes upon initial epidermal differentiation. In contrast, Nedd1-?-tubulin complexes did not promote nucleation but were required for anchoring of microtubules, a previously uncharacterized activity for this complex. Cell cycle exit specifically triggered loss of Nedd1-?-tubulin complexes, providing a mechanistic link connecting MTOC activity and differentiation. Collectively, our studies demonstrate that distinct ?-tubulin complexes regulate different microtubule behaviors at the centrosome and show that differential regulation of these complexes drives loss of centrosomal MTOC activity.

SUBMITTER: Muroyama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4915192 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Divergent regulation of functionally distinct γ-tubulin complexes during differentiation.

Muroyama Andrew A   Seldin Lindsey L   Lechler Terry T  

The Journal of cell biology 20160613 6


Differentiation induces the formation of noncentrosomal microtubule arrays in diverse tissues. The formation of these arrays requires loss of microtubule-organizing activity (MTOC) at the centrosome, but the mechanisms regulating this transition remain largely unexplored. Here, we use the robust loss of centrosomal MTOC activity in the epidermis to identify two pools of γ-tubulin that are biochemically and functionally distinct and differentially regulated. Nucleation-competent CDK5RAP2-γ-tubuli  ...[more]

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