MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY INVITRO - PURIFICATION OF ASSEMBLY-PROMOTING FACTORS
MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY INVITRO - PURIFICATION OF ASSEMBLY-PROMOTING FACTORS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1977.tb11726.x
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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NUNEZ, J
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FELLOUS, A;FRANCON, J;NUNEZ, J
The role of [rat brain] microtubule-associated proteins in the assembly of tubulin to microtubules in vitro was studied. Pure tubulin obtained by phosphocellulose collumn chromatography does not significantly assemble in vitro in the absence of minor components which co-polymerize with tubulin. Although tubulin aggregates in a morpholino-ethanesulfonate buffer containing high Mg2+ concentrations, this process was neither inhibited by Ca2+ or colchicine, nor reversed by cold exposure. Microtubule-associated proteins were prepared, either by phosphocellulose column chromatography or by a direct method based on boiling reassembled microtubules in the presence of 2 mM dithiothreitol and 0.75 M NaCl. From each of these preparations 2 protein fractions were purified, either by Ultrogel ACA34 chromatography or by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. The 1st fraction, with a high MW did not promote tubulin assembly; aging of this material did not induce any activity. The 2nd fraction with an apparent MW of 70,000 (.tau. protein), when almost completely purified, was active in promoting assembly. Thus a single specific protein is able to promote assembly of pure tubulin.