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The document discusses the three main components of the cytoskeleton - intermediate filaments, microtubules, and microfilaments. It explains that the cytoskeleton organizes cell structure and activity by creating shape, allowing shape change, and enabling cell movement. The cytoskeleton also plays important roles in motility, trafficking, stabilization, intracellular transport, and signal transduction.
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Shreya M. Modi
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Microtubules are an essential component of the cytoskeleton that help maintain cellular structure and enable various cellular movements and transport processes. They are composed of alpha and beta tubulin subunits that polymerize to form protofilaments which assemble into microtubules. Microtubules are dynamic structures that undergo growth and shrinkage. Recent research has provided new insights into how microtubules and motor proteins self-organize to form larger cellular structures like spindles during cell division. Additionally, a protein called DRG1 has been found to promote microtubule polymerization and bundling, helping to regulate spindle assembly and dynamics.
CYTOSKELETON Rohit kumar Hnb Garhwal university
The cytoskeleton is composed of three main types of protein filaments that provide structure and enable movement within cells. Microtubules are made of tubulin proteins and help maintain cell shape. Microfilaments are actin fibers that allow cell surface movement and structure microvilli. Intermediate filaments provide strength and resist stresses. Together, these filaments organize cell structures, drive motility, and play essential roles in processes like cell division and muscle contraction.
The cytoskeletal system, cell cycle and dna(project)
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microfilaments and intermediate filaments.pptx
Cytoskeleton contain 3 types of filaments 1) microtubules
2) microfilaments and
3) Intermediate filaments
microfilaments and intermediate filaments.pptx
This document summarizes the three main types of protein filaments that make up the cytoskeleton: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules. It focuses on microfilaments and intermediate filaments. Microfilaments are composed of actin and provide cell structure, movement, and vesicle/organelle transport. Intermediate filaments are durable proteins that provide mechanical strength and connect the nucleus to the cell membrane. The document describes the composition, structure, and functions of microfilaments and their actin and myosin proteins, as well as different types of intermediate filaments.
Micro filaments
1) Actin microfilaments are composed of globular actin subunits that polymerize to form filaments approximately 8 nm in diameter.
2) Actin polymerization is regulated by actin-binding proteins that nucleate, depolymerize, sever, cross-link, or cap actin filaments.
3) In nonmuscle and muscle cells, actin microfilaments interact with myosin to generate forces responsible for cell motility, shape changes, and muscle contraction.
Cytoskeleton and Molecular Motors - with YouTube video
Learning objectives:
Role of cytoskeleton & molecular motors
Differentiate the three types of cytoskeletal elements
Drugs acting on cytoskeletal elements and their uses
Pathological basis of disorders associated with cytoskeletal elements
Interaction between cytoskeleton and molecular motor proteins
Cytoskeletal structures
The document summarizes the three main types of cytoskeletal structures - microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments. It describes their protein composition, assembly, organization into networks within cells, and key functions like providing structure, enabling cell movement and division. Microtubules are rigid hollow tubes that help determine cell shape and transport organelles, while microfilaments composed of actin filaments enable muscle contraction and cell movement. Intermediate filaments provide mechanical strength and support nuclear positioning.
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- 1. cytoskeleton Shreya M. Modi MSc –I[Microbiology] H.N.G.U Dept. of Life Science
- 2. INDEX Introduction Types of cytoskeleton (i) Intermediate filament (ii) Microtubules (iii) Microfilaments Comparision Conclusion References
- 3. Introduction • The cytoskeleton is a network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton organizes the structures and activities of the cell. Cells need a (cyto)skeleton to: •create shape •change shape •allow movement
- 5. Composition of the cytoskeleton • actin filaments (6-10 nm) • microtubules (25 nm) & associated proteins • intermediate filaments (11 nm) & molecular motors • nano filaments (2-6 nm)
- 6. Motility and trafficking actin filaments myosins microtubules kinesins dyneins
- 8. Molecular motors nano filaments ? intermediate filaments Microtubules Actin filaments Microtubules ?
- 10. Function of cytoskeleton • stabilization • intracellular transport • signal transduction