| Structural highlights
Function
MSPS_DROME Binds to the plus end of microtubules and regulates microtubule dynamics and microtubule organization. Promotes cytoplasmic microtubule nucleation and elongation. May act as a microtubule antipause factor that rapidly catalyzes the transition from pause to either growth or shrinkage. Involved in mitotic spindle elongation. Involved in the establishment of cell polarity and mitotic spindle orientation in neuroblasts. Required for maintaining the bipolarity of acentrosomal meiotic spindles; the function is dependent on tacc and involves ncd. Involved in oocyte microtubule cytoskeleton organization and bicoid mRNA localization. Seems to be involved in elongation of kinetochore-derived microtubule fibers.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
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- ↑ Cullen CF, Ohkura H. Msps protein is localized to acentrosomal poles to ensure bipolarity of Drosophila meiotic spindles. Nat Cell Biol. 2001 Jul;3(7):637-42. PMID:11433295 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35083025
- ↑ Moon W, Hazelrigg T. The Drosophila microtubule-associated protein mini spindles is required for cytoplasmic microtubules in oogenesis. Curr Biol. 2004 Nov 9;14(21):1957-61. PMID:15530399 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.023
- ↑ Brittle AL, Ohkura H. Mini spindles, the XMAP215 homologue, suppresses pausing of interphase microtubules in Drosophila. EMBO J. 2005 Apr 6;24(7):1387-96. Epub 2005 Mar 17. PMID:15775959 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7600629
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- ↑ Slep KC, Vale RD. Structural basis of microtubule plus end tracking by XMAP215, CLIP-170, and EB1. Mol Cell. 2007 Sep 21;27(6):976-91. PMID:17889670 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2007.07.023
- ↑ Chen K, Koe CT, Xing ZB, Tian X, Rossi F, Wang C, Tang Q, Zong W, Hong WJ, Taneja R, Yu F, Gonzalez C, Wu C, Endow S, Wang H. Arl2- and Msps-dependent microtubule growth governs asymmetric division. J Cell Biol. 2016 Mar 14;212(6):661-76. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201503047. Epub 2016 Mar, 7. PMID:26953351 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201503047
- ↑ Currie JD, Stewman S, Schimizzi G, Slep KC, Ma A, Rogers SL. The microtubule lattice and plus-end association of Drosophila Mini spindles is spatially regulated to fine-tune microtubule dynamics. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Nov;22(22):4343-61. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0520. Epub 2011, Sep 30. PMID:21965297 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0520
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