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| Title | HURP facilitates spindle assembly by stabilizing microtubules and working synergistically with TPX2. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Page 9689, Year 2024 |
| Publish date | Nov 8, 2024 |
Authors | Venecia Alexandria Valdez / Meisheng Ma / Bernardo Gouveia / Rui Zhang / Sabine Petry / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | In vertebrate spindles, most microtubules are formed via branching microtubule nucleation, whereby microtubules nucleate along the side of pre-existing microtubules. Hepatoma up-regulated protein ...In vertebrate spindles, most microtubules are formed via branching microtubule nucleation, whereby microtubules nucleate along the side of pre-existing microtubules. Hepatoma up-regulated protein (HURP) is a microtubule-associated protein that has been implicated in spindle assembly, but its mode of action is yet to be defined. In this study, we show that HURP is necessary for RanGTP-induced branching microtubule nucleation in Xenopus egg extract. Specifically, HURP stabilizes the microtubule lattice to promote microtubule formation from γ-TuRC. This function is shifted to promote branching microtubule nucleation through enhanced localization to TPX2 condensates, which form the core of the branch site on microtubules. Lastly, we provide a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of HURP on the microtubule, revealing how HURP binding stabilizes the microtubule lattice. We propose a model in which HURP stabilizes microtubules during their formation, and TPX2 preferentially enriches HURP to microtubules to promote branching microtubule nucleation and thus spindle assembly. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:39516491 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.8 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-47173, PDB-9duq: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-G2P: ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-GTP: |
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Keywords | CELL CYCLE / microtubule / nucleation / spindle / oncogene |
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