Each actin subunit (globular or G-actin) is a 375-amino-acid polypeptide contains a Mg+2 ion complexed with either ATP or ADP

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γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC)

nucleates assembly of a microtubule by forming a template corresponding to the (−) end. 

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Rescue 

The change from shrinkage to growth

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Catastrophe 

The change from growth to shrinkage

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Dynamic instability 

Rapid interconversion between a growing and shrinking state, at a uniform free tubulin concentration

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Polyglutamylation has a key role in the beating of cilia and flagella

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Kinesin-1 associates preferentially with detyrosylated and acetylated microtubules.