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- EMDB-21924: Protofilament from a 13-protofilament, Taxol stabilized microtubule -
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Basic information
Entry | Database: EMDB / ID: EMD-21924 | |||||||||
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Title | Protofilament from a 13-protofilament, Taxol stabilized microtubule![]() | |||||||||
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Function / homology | ![]() Microtubule-dependent trafficking of connexons from Golgi to the plasma membrane / ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
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![]() | Debs GE / Cha M | |||||||||
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![]() | ![]() Title: Dynamic and asymmetric fluctuations in the microtubule wall captured by high-resolution cryoelectron microscopy. Authors: Garrett E Debs / Michael Cha / Xueqi Liu / Andrew R Huehn / Charles V Sindelar / ![]() Abstract: Microtubules are tubular polymers with essential roles in numerous cellular activities. Structures of microtubules have been captured at increasing resolution by cryo-EM. However, dynamic properties ...Microtubules are tubular polymers with essential roles in numerous cellular activities. Structures of microtubules have been captured at increasing resolution by cryo-EM. However, dynamic properties of the microtubule are key to its function, and this behavior has proved difficult to characterize at a structural level due to limitations in existing structure determination methods. We developed a high-resolution cryo-EM refinement method that divides an imaged microtubule into its constituent protofilaments, enabling deviations from helicity and other sources of heterogeneity to be quantified and corrected for at the single-subunit level. We demonstrate that this method improves the resolution of microtubule 3D reconstructions and substantially reduces anisotropic blurring artifacts, compared with methods that utilize helical symmetry averaging. Moreover, we identified an unexpected, discrete behavior of the m-loop, which mediates lateral interactions between neighboring protofilaments and acts as a flexible hinge between them. The hinge angle adopts preferred values corresponding to distinct conformations of the m-loop that are incompatible with helical symmetry. These hinge angles fluctuate in a stochastic manner, and perfectly cylindrical microtubule conformations are thus energetically and entropically penalized. The hinge angle can diverge further from helical symmetry at the microtubule seam, generating a subpopulation of highly distorted microtubules. However, the seam-distorted subpopulation disappears in the presence of Taxol, a microtubule stabilizing agent. These observations provide clues into the structural origins of microtubule flexibility and dynamics and highlight the role of structural polymorphism in defining microtubule behavior. | |||||||||
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-Related structure data
Related structure data | ![]() 6wvrMC ![]() 6wvlC ![]() 6wvmC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.333 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-Supplemental data
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Sample components
-Entire : Microtubules stabilized with Taxol in the presence of a low conce...
Entire | Name: Microtubules stabilized with Taxol in the presence of a low concentration of Kinesin Dimer and ADP |
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Components |
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-Supramolecule #1: Microtubules stabilized with Taxol in the presence of a low conce...
Supramolecule | Name: Microtubules stabilized with Taxol in the presence of a low concentration of Kinesin Dimer and ADP type: organelle_or_cellular_component / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#2 |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
-Macromolecule #1: Tubulin alpha-1B chain
Macromolecule | Name: Tubulin alpha-1B chain / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 2 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 50.204445 KDa |
Sequence | String: MRECISIHVG QAGVQIGNAC WELYCLEHGI QPDGQMPSDK TIGGGDDSFN TFFSETGAGK HVPRAVFVDL EPTVIDEVRT GTYRQLFHP EQLITGKEDA ANNYARGHYT IGKEIIDLVL DRIRKLADQC TGLQGFLVFH SFGGGTGSGF TSLLMERLSV D YGKKSKLE ...String: MRECISIHVG QAGVQIGNAC WELYCLEHGI QPDGQMPSDK TIGGGDDSFN TFFSETGAGK HVPRAVFVDL EPTVIDEVRT GTYRQLFHP EQLITGKEDA ANNYARGHYT IGKEIIDLVL DRIRKLADQC TGLQGFLVFH SFGGGTGSGF TSLLMERLSV D YGKKSKLE FSIYPAPQVS TAVVEPYNSI LTTHTTLEHS DCAFMVDNEA IYDICRRNLD IERPTYTNLN RLISQIVSSI TA SLRFDGA LNVDLTEFQT NLVPYPRIHF PLATYAPVIS AEKAYHEQLS VAEITNACFE PANQMVKCDP RHGKYMACCL LYR GDVVPK DVNAAIATIK TKRSIQFVDW CPTGFKVGIN YQPPTVVPGG DLAKVQRAVC MLSNTTAIAE AWARLDHKFD LMYA KRAFV HWYVGEGMEE GEFSEAREDM AALEKDYEEV GVDSVEGEGE EEGEEY UniProtKB: Tubulin alpha-1B chain |
-Macromolecule #2: Tubulin beta chain
Macromolecule | Name: Tubulin beta chain / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 2 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 49.953797 KDa |
Sequence | String: MREIVHIQAG QCGNQIGAKF WEVISDEHGI DPTGSYHGDS DLQLERINVY YNEAAGNKYV PRAILVDLEP GTMDSVRSGP FGQIFRPDN FVFGQSGAGN NWAKGHYTEG AELVDSVLDV VRKESESCDC LQGFQLTHSL GGGTGSGMGT LLISKIREEY P DRIMNTFS ...String: MREIVHIQAG QCGNQIGAKF WEVISDEHGI DPTGSYHGDS DLQLERINVY YNEAAGNKYV PRAILVDLEP GTMDSVRSGP FGQIFRPDN FVFGQSGAGN NWAKGHYTEG AELVDSVLDV VRKESESCDC LQGFQLTHSL GGGTGSGMGT LLISKIREEY P DRIMNTFS VMPSPKVSDT VVEPYNATLS VHQLVENTDE TYSIDNEALY DICFRTLKLT TPTYGDLNHL VSATMSGVTT CL RFPGQLN ADLRKLAVNM VPFPRLHFFM PGFAPLTSRG SQQYRALTVP ELTQQMFDSK NMMAACDPRH GRYLTVAAIF RGR MSMKEV DEQMLNVQNK NSSYFVEWIP NNVKTAVCDI PPRGLKMSAT FIGNSTAIQE LFKRISEQFT AMFRRKAFLH WYTG EGMDE MEFTEAESNM NDLVSEYQQY QDATADEQGE FEEEEGEDEA UniProtKB: Tubulin beta chain |
-Macromolecule #3: GUANOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE
Macromolecule | Name: GUANOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE / type: ligand / ID: 3 / Number of copies: 2 / Formula: GTP |
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Molecular weight | Theoretical: 523.18 Da |
Chemical component information | ![]() ChemComp-GTP: |
-Macromolecule #4: MAGNESIUM ION
Macromolecule | Name: MAGNESIUM ION / type: ligand / ID: 4 / Number of copies: 2 / Formula: MG |
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Molecular weight | Theoretical: 24.305 Da |
-Macromolecule #5: GUANOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE
Macromolecule | Name: GUANOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE / type: ligand / ID: 5 / Number of copies: 2 / Formula: GDP |
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Molecular weight | Theoretical: 443.201 Da |
Chemical component information | ![]() ChemComp-GDP: |
-Macromolecule #6: TAXOL
Macromolecule | Name: TAXOL / type: ligand / ID: 6 / Number of copies: 2 / Formula: TA1 |
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Molecular weight | Theoretical: 853.906 Da |
Chemical component information | ![]() ChemComp-TA1: |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
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Aggregation state | filament |
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Sample preparation
Buffer | pH: 6.8 |
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Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE |
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Electron microscopy
Microscope | FEI TITAN KRIOS |
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Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: ![]() |
Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD![]() |
Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: SUPER-RESOLUTION / Digitization - Frames/image: 2-15 / Average electron dose: 66.0 e/Å2 |
Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |