Two microtubule-associated proteins of Arabidopsis MAP65s promote antiparallel microtubule bundling.
2008
Gaillard, Jérémie | Neumann, Emmanuelle | van Damme, Daniel | Stoppin-Mellet, Virginie | Ebel, Christine | Barbier, Elodie | Geelen, Danny | Vantard, Marylin | Laboratoire de physiologie cellulaire végétale (LPCV) ; Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG) ; Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) | Institut de biologie structurale (IBS - UMR 5075) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG) ; Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) | Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB Center) ; Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie [Ghent, Belgique] (VIB) | Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics [Ghent] ; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT) | Department of Plant Production [Ghent] ; Faculty of Bioscience Engineering [Ghent] ; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT)-Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The Arabidopsis MAP65s are a protein family with similarity to the microtubule-associated proteins PRC1/Ase1p that accumulate in the spindle midzone during late anaphase in mammals and yeast, respectively. Here we investigate the molecular and functional properties of AtMAP65-5 and improve our understanding of AtMAP65-1 properties. We demonstrate that, in vitro, both proteins promote the formation of a planar network of antiparallel microtubules. In vivo, we show that AtMAP65-5 selectively binds the preprophase band and the prophase spindle microtubule during prophase, whereas AtMAP65-1-GFP selectively binds the preprophase band but does not accumulate at the prophase spindle microtubules that coexists within the same cell. At later stages of mitosis, AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-5 differentially label the late spindle and phragmoplast. We present evidence for a mode of action for both proteins that involves the binding of monomeric units to microtubules that "zipper up" antiparallel arranged microtubules through the homodimerization of the N-terminal halves when adjacent microtubules encounter.
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