Biology 2382B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Desmosome, Interphase, Nuclear Membrane

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Actin is made of globular monomers, and microtubules are made of globular dimers. The subunits of intermediate filaments tend to be larger. They are long proteins with head domains and tail domains. The basic subunit of the intermediate filaments is not globular, but it is a tetramer. The tetramer has 4 proteins coming together in such a way that there is no polarity. 2 head domains and 2 tail domains on one side, and 2 heads and 2 tails on the opposite side. The tetra(cid:373)er (cid:272)a(cid:374) poly(cid:373)erize, it does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed atp or gtp. Because the tetramer is not polar, when it polymerizes, the intermediate filament is not polar. Intermediate filaments do not appear to have associated motor proteins. Nothing is being transported along the filaments. They can be polymerized/depolymerized but they have less available proteins that can cut them or cap them. Less proteins to stabilize or destabilize intermediate filaments. All the components of the cytoskeleton interact with each other.

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