Microtubules: a ring for the depolymerization motor.
Newly discovered rings around microtubules, assembled from the Dam1 protein complex, may provide the dynamic linkage at microtubule ends for force generation coupled to microtubule depolymerization and polymerization.
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Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, USA. tsalmon@email.unc.edu
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C116003:DAM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; C112472:NDC80 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014404:Tubulin