Anti‐mitotic activity of colchicine and the structural basis for its interaction with tubulin

B Bhattacharyya, D Panda, S Gupta… - Medicinal research …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, an attempt has been made to throw light on the mechanism of action of
colchicine and its different analogs as anti‐cancer agents. Colchicine interacts with tubulin …

Role of microtubule-associated proteins in the control of microtubule assembly

RB Maccioni, V Cambiazo - Physiological reviews, 1995 - journals.physiology.org
In eukaryotic cells, microtubules, actin, and intermediate filaments interact to form the
cytoskeletal network involved in determination of cell architecture, intracellular transport …

The expression and posttranslational modification of a neuron‐specific β‐tubulin isotype during chick embryogenesis

MK Lee, JB Tuttle, LI Rebhun… - Cell motility and the …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Five β‐tubulin isotypes are expressed differentially during chicken brain development. One
of these isotypes is encoded by the gene cβ4 and has been assigned to an isotypic family …

Identification of a novel microtubule binding and assembly domain in the developmentally regulated inter-repeat region of tau

BL Goode, SC Feinstein - The Journal of cell biology, 1994 - rupress.org
Tau is a developmentally regulated microtubule-associated protein that influences
microtubule behavior by directly associating with tubulin. The carboxyl terminus of tau …

Microtubule dynamics in vitro are regulated by the tubulin isotype composition.

D Panda, HP Miller, A Banerjee… - Proceedings of the …, 1994 - National Acad Sciences
The growing and shortening dynamics of individual bovine brain microtubules at their plus
ends at steady state in vitro, assembled from isotypically pure alpha beta II, alpha beta III, or …

Identification of an acetylation site of Chlamydomonas alpha-tubulin.

M LeDizet, G Piperno - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1987 - National Acad Sciences
An acetylation site of Chlamydomonas axonemal alpha-tubulins was identified near, or
within, the binding site of 6-11B-1, a monoclonal antibody specific for posttranslationally …

Interactions of colchicine with tubulin

SB Hastie - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 1991 - Elsevier
Colchicine exerts its biological effects through binding to the soluble tubulin heterodimer, the
major component of the microtubule. The colchicine binding abilities of tubulins from a …

An emerging role for tubulin isotypes in modulating cancer biology and chemotherapy resistance

AL Parker, WS Teo, JA McCarroll… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tubulin proteins, as components of the microtubule cytoskeleton perform critical cellular
functions throughout all phases of the cell cycle. Altered tubulin isotype composition of …

Polyglycylation of tubulin: a posttranslational modification in axonemal microtubules

V Redeker, N Levilliers, JM Schmitter, JP Le Caer… - Science, 1994 - science.org
A posttranslational modification was detected in the carboxyl-terminal region of axonemal
tubulin from Paramecium. Tubulin carboxyl-terminal peptides were isolated and analyzed by …

Characterization of posttranslational modifications in neuron-specific class III beta-tubulin by mass spectrometry.

JE Alexander, DF Hunt, MK Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 1991 - National Acad Sciences
Class III beta-tubulin, isolated from adult bovine brain, is resolved into at least seven charge
variants on isoelectric focusing gels. To identify the posttranslational modifications …