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Title | Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Dev Cell, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Sep 23, 2024 |
Authors | Yixin Xu / Hugo Muñoz-Hernández / Rościsław Krutyhołowa / Florina Marxer / Ferdane Cetin / Michal Wieczorek / |
PubMed Abstract | Microtubule nucleation is templated by the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC), but its structure deviates from the geometry of α-/β-tubulin in the microtubule, explaining the complex's poor ...Microtubule nucleation is templated by the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC), but its structure deviates from the geometry of α-/β-tubulin in the microtubule, explaining the complex's poor nucleating activity. Several proteins may activate the γ-TuRC, but the mechanisms underlying activation are not known. Here, we determined the structure of the porcine γ-TuRC purified using CDK5RAP2's centrosomin motif 1 (CM1). We identified an unexpected conformation of the γ-TuRC bound to multiple protein modules containing MZT2, GCP2, and CDK5RAP2, resulting in a long-range constriction of the γ-tubulin ring that brings it in closer agreement with the 13-protofilament microtubule. Additional CDK5RAP2 promoted γ-TuRC decoration and stimulated the microtubule-nucleating activities of the porcine γ-TuRC and a reconstituted, CM1-free human complex in single-molecule assays. Our results provide a structural mechanism for the control of microtubule nucleation by CM1 proteins and identify conformational transitions in the γ-TuRC that prime it for microtubule nucleation. |
External links | Dev Cell / PubMed:39321808 |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 4.0 - 7.5 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-51007: Structure of the Position 1 to 3 Open gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51008: Structure of the Position 4 to 11 Open gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51010: Structure of the Position 10 to 12 Open gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51011: Structure of the Position 1 to 3 CMG-decorated gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51012: Structure of the Position 4 to 7 CMG-decorated gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51013: Structure of the Position 13 to 14 CMG-decorated gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51014: Structure of the Position 10 to 12 CMG-decorated gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51015: Structure of the Position 8 to 9 CMG-decorated gamma-Tubulin Ring Complex from Pig Brain EMDB-51016: Consensus cryo-EM reconstruction of the S. scrofa gamma-TuRC EMDB-51017, PDB-9g3x: EMDB-51018, PDB-9g3y: EMDB-51019, PDB-9g3z: EMDB-51020, PDB-9g40: |
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Keywords | STRUCTURAL PROTEIN / Tubulin Complex |