Is there a cellular mechanism for preventing a depolymerizing microtubule track from "slipping out from under" its cargo? A recent study in budding yeast indicates that when a chromosome is transported to the minus end of a spindle microtubule, its kinetochore-bound microtubule plus end-tracking protein (+TIP) Stu2 may move to the plus end to promote rescue; i.e., to switch the depolymerizing end to a polymerizing end. The possibility that other +TIPs may play a similar role in sustaining a microtubule track during vesicular transport deserves investigation.
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Xiang, X. (2006, February 27). A +TIP for a smooth trip. Journal of Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200511081
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