A new study has uncovered three mechanisms of motor-independent membrane tubulation. In vitro reconstitution using a minimal set of proteins shows that the accumulation of crosslinking proteins at the membrane-microtubule interface is sufficient to drive tubulation, which is enhanced by coupling with microtubule dynamics.

Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences BIOCEV Vestec 25250 Prague West Czech Republic

Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 23;30(6):972-987.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.036. PubMed

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