Chapter title |
Tau Interaction with Tubulin and Microtubules: From Purified Proteins to Cells.
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Chapter number | 4 |
Book title |
Tau Protein
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-6598-4_4 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-6596-0, 978-1-4939-6598-4
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Authors |
Tiphany De Bessa, Gilles Breuzard, Diane Allegro, François Devred, Vincent Peyrot, Pascale Barbier, Tiphany de Bessa |
Editors |
Caroline Smet-Nocca |
Abstract |
Microtubules (MTs) play an important role in many cellular processes and are dynamic structures regulated by an important network of microtubules-associated proteins, MAPs, such as Tau. Tau has been discovered as an essential factor for MTs formation in vitro, and its region implicated in binding to MTs has been identified. By contrast, the affinity, the stoichiometry, and the topology of Tau-MTs interaction remain controversial. Indeed, depending on the experiment conditions a wide range of values have been obtained. In this chapter, we focus on three biophysical methods, turbidimetry, cosedimentation assay, and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer to study Tau-tubulin interaction both in vitro and in cell. We highlight precautions that must be taken in order to avoid pitfalls and we detail the nature of the conclusions that can be drawn from these methods about Tau-tubulin interaction. |
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