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Tau induces cooperative Taxol binding to microtubules.


ABSTRACT: Taxol and tau are two ligands that stabilize the microtubule (MT) lattice. Taxol is an anti-mitotic drug that binds beta tubulin in the MT interior. Tau is a MT-associated protein that binds both alpha and beta tubulin on the MT exterior. Both Taxol and tau reduce MT dynamics and promote tubulin polymerization. Tau alone also acts to bundle, stiffen, and space MTs. A structural study recently suggested that Taxol and tau may interact by binding to the same site. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, we find that tau induces Taxol to bind MTs cooperatively depending on the tau concentration. We develop a model that correctly fits the data in the absence of tau, yields the equilibrium dissociation constant of approximately 2 microM, and determines the escape rate of Taxol through one pore to be 1.7 x 10(3) (M x s)(-1). Extension of the model yields a measure of Taxol cooperativity with a Hill coefficient of at least 15 when tau is present at a 1:1 molar ratio with tubulin.

SUBMITTER: Ross JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC516494 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tau induces cooperative Taxol binding to microtubules.

Ross Jennifer L JL   Santangelo Christian D CD   Makrides Victoria V   Fygenson D Kuchnir DK  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040823 35


Taxol and tau are two ligands that stabilize the microtubule (MT) lattice. Taxol is an anti-mitotic drug that binds beta tubulin in the MT interior. Tau is a MT-associated protein that binds both alpha and beta tubulin on the MT exterior. Both Taxol and tau reduce MT dynamics and promote tubulin polymerization. Tau alone also acts to bundle, stiffen, and space MTs. A structural study recently suggested that Taxol and tau may interact by binding to the same site. Using fluorescence recovery after  ...[more]

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