Microtubule assembly and disassembly dynamics model: Exploring dynamic instability and identifying features of Microtubules' Growth, Catastrophe, Shortening, and Rescue.

ABSTRACT: Microtubules (MTs), a cellular structure element, exhibit dynamic instability and can switch stochastically from growth to shortening; but the factors that trigger these processes at the molecular level are not understood. We developed a 3D Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly DYnamics (MADDY) model, based upon a bead-per-monomer representation of the αβ-tubulin dimers forming an MT lattice, stabilized by the lateral and longitudinal interactions between tubulin subunits. The model was parameterized against the experimental rates of MT growth and shortening, and pushing forces on the Dam1 protein complex due to protofilaments splaying out. Using the MADDY model, we carried out GPU-accelerated Langevin simulations to access dynamic instability behavior. By applying Machine Learning t

SUBMITTER: Kliuchnikov E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861655 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature