gamma-tubulin is a minus end-specific microtubule binding protein

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gamma-tubulin is a minus end-specific microtubule binding protein

Q Li and HC Joshi
Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.

The role of microtubules in mediating chromosome segregation during mitosis is well-recognized. In addition, interphase cells depend upon a radial and uniform orientation of microtubules, which are intrinsically asymmetric polymers, for the directional transport of many cytoplasmic components and for the maintenance of the structural integrity of certain organelles. The slow growing minus ends of microtubules are linked to the centrosome ensuring extension of the fast growing plus ends toward the cell periphery. However, the molecular mechanism of this linkage is not clear. One hypothesis is that gamma-tubulin, located at the centrosome, binds to the minus ends of microtubules. To test this model, we synthesized radiolabeled gamma-tubulin in vitro. We demonstrate here biochemically a specific, saturable, and tight (Kd = 10(-10) M) interaction of gamma-tubulin and microtubule ends with a stoichiometry of 12.6 +/- 4.9 molecules of gamma-tubulin per microtubule. In addition, we designed an in vitro assay to visualize gamma-tubulin at the minus ends of axonemal microtubules. These data show that gamma-tubulin represents the first protein to bind microtubule minus ends and might be responsible for mediating the link between microtubules and the centrosome.
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