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XB-ART-9586
Mol Biol Cell 2001 Feb 01;122:437-48. doi: 10.1091/mbc.12.2.437.
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Stathmin/Op18 phosphorylation is regulated by microtubule assembly.

Küntziger T , Gavet O , Manceau V , Sobel A , Bornens M .


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Stathmin/Op 18 is a microtubule (MT) dynamics-regulating protein that has been shown to have both catastrophe-promoting and tubulin-sequestering activities. The level of stathmin/Op18 phosphorylation was proved both in vitro and in vivo to be important in modulating its MT-destabilizing activity. To understand the in vivo regulation of stathmin/Op18 activity, we investigated whether MT assembly itself could control phosphorylation of stathmin/Op18 and thus its MT-destabilizing activity. We found that MT nucleation by centrosomes from Xenopus sperm or somatic cells and MT assembly promoted by dimethyl sulfoxide or paclitaxel induced stathmin/Op18 hyperphosphorylation in Xenopus egg extracts, leading to new stathmin/Op18 isoforms phosphorylated on Ser 16. The MT-dependent phosphorylation of stathmin/Op18 took place in interphase extracts as well, and was also observed in somatic cells. We show that the MT-dependent phosphorylation of stathmin/Op18 on Ser 16 is mediated by an activity associated to the MTs, and that it is responsible for the stathmin/Op18 hyperphosphorylation reported to be induced by the addition of "mitotic chromatin." Our results suggest the existence of a positive feedback loop, which could represent a novel mechanism contributing to MT network control.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: stmn1

References [+] :
Andersen, Mitotic chromatin regulates phosphorylation of Stathmin/Op18. 1997, Pubmed, Xenbase