The force required to remove tubulin from the microtubule lattice by pulling on its α-tubulin C-terminal tail
oleh: Yin-Wei Kuo, Mohammed Mahamdeh, Yazgan Tuna, Jonathon Howard
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01 |
Deskripsi
Tubulin, the building blocks of microtubules, can be removed from the microtubule wall by mechanical forces. Using single-molecule methods, the authors show that tubulin partially unfolds prior to its removal and determined the tubulin-extraction force.