Bacterial Microtubules Exhibit Polarized Growth, Mixed-Polarity Bundling, and Destabilization by GTP Hydrolysis
C. D. Diaz Celis, V. I. Risca, F. Hurtado, J. K. Polka, S. D. Hansen, D. Maturana, R. Lagos, R. D. Mullins, O. Monasterio
This study characterizes bacterial microtubules (bMTs) from Prosthecobacter, showing polarized growth, mixed-polarity bundling, and GTP-dependent destabilization, suggesting ancestral eukaryotic tubulin dynamics.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2017Microbiology