The plant cytoskeleton: recent advances in the study of the plant microtubule-associated proteins MAP-65, MAP-190 and the Xenopus MAP215-like protein, MOR1.
The microtubule cytoskeleton is a dynamic filamentous structure involved in many key processes in plant cell morphogenesis including nuclear and cell division, deposition of cell wall, cell expansion, organelle movement and secretion. The principal microtubule protein is tubulin, which associates to form the wall of the tubule. In addition, various associated proteins bind microtubules either to anchor, cross-link or regulate the microtubule network within cells. Biochemical, molecular biological and genetic approaches are being successfully used to identify these microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) in plants, and we describe recent progress on three of these proteins.
Hussey
Patrick J
PJ
Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DHI 3LE, UK. p.j.hussey@durham.ac.uk
Hawkins
Timothy J
TJ
Igarashi
Hisako
H
Kaloriti
Despina
D
Smertenko
Andrei
A
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D059828:Plant Cells; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C429183:MOR1 protein, Arabidopsis; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins