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Selected subunits of the cytosolic chaperonin associate with microtubules assembled in vitro

Roobol, Anne, Sahyoun, Z.P., Carden, Martin J. (1999) Selected subunits of the cytosolic chaperonin associate with microtubules assembled in vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274 (4). pp. 2408-2415. ISSN 0021-9258. (doi:10.1074/jbc.274.4.2408) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:16567)

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Abstract

The molecular chaperone activities of the only known chaperonin in the eukaryotic cytosol (cytosolic chaperonin containing T-complex polypeptide 1 (CCT)) appear to be relatively specialized; the main folding substrates in vivo and in vitro are identified as tubulins and actins. CCT is unique among chaperonins in the complexity of its hetero-oligomeric structure, containing eight different, although related, gene products. In addition to their known ability to bind to and promote correct folding of newly synthesized and denatured tubulins, we show here that CCT subunits alpha, gamma, zeta, and theta also associated with in vitro assembled microtubules, i.e. behaved as microtubule-associated proteins. This nucleotide-dependent association between microtubules and CCT polypeptides (K-d similar to 0.1 mu M CCT subunit) did not appear to involve whole oligomeric chaperonin particles, but rather free CCT subunits. Removal of the tubulin COOH termini by subtilisin digestion caused all eight CCT subunits to associate with the microtubule polymer, thus highlighting the non-chaperonin nature of the selective CCT subunit association with normal microtubules.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1074/jbc.274.4.2408
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: F.D. Zabet
Date Deposited: 28 Mar 2009 23:14 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:54 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/16567 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Roobol, Anne.

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