Each sarcomere contains two major types of filaments: 

Thick filaments (myosin II)

Thin filaments (actin and associated proteins)

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Keratins 

make up IF protein classes I and II 

found in epithelia

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Class IV IF proteins compose the neurofilaments found in neurons

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Kinesin-13 (End-Binding Proteins)

• A member of the kinesin motor protein superfamily

• These proteins are ATPases

 

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Kinesin-13 (End-Binding Proteins)

• Bind and curve the end of the tubulin protofilaments into the GDP-β-tubulin conformation

• Facilitate the removal of terminal tubulin dimers 

• Greatly enhancing the frequency of catastrophes

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Op18/stathmin (End-Binding Proteins) binds selectively to curved protofilaments and enhances terminal tubulin heterodimer dissociation from a microtubule end. 

 

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Stathmin decreases the effective concentration of tubulin subunits that are available for polymerization (an action analogous to the drug colchicine) and enhances that a growing microtubule will switch to the shrinking state.