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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously demonstrated that Fes/Fps (Fes) tyrosine kinase is involved in Semaphorin3A-mediated signaling. Here we report a role for Fes tyrosine kinase in microtubule dynamics. A fibrous formation of Fes was observed in a kinase-dependent manner, which associated with microtubules and functionally correlated with microtubule bundling. Microtubule regeneration assays revealed that Fes aggregates colocalized with gamma-tubulin at microtubule nucleation sites in a Fes/CIP4 homology (FCH) domain-dependent manner and that expression of FCH domain-deleted Fes mutants blocked normal centrosome formation. In support of these observations, mouse embryonic fibroblasts derived from Fes-deficient mice displayed an aberrant structure of nucleation and centrosome with unbundling and disoriented filaments of microtubules. Our findings suggest that Fes plays a critical role in microtubule dynamics including microtubule nucleation and bundling through its FCH domain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49129-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Role for Fes/Fps tyrosine kinase in microtubule nucleation through is Fes/CIP4 homology domain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genome Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't