Getting a Grip on Microtubules.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.016.
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Abstract
Posttranslational modifications control microtubule behavior, yet assigning roles to particular signals was hampered by lack of defined in vitro systems. In this issue of Cell, Valenstein and Roll-Mecak establish a biochemical platform to interrogate consequences of microtubule polyglutamylation, thereby providing important insights into the specificity and quantitative nature of cellular information transfer.
Medical subject headings
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Microtubules
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary
- Tubulin