Labs in Kyushu University, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Biofunctional Molecular Chemistry Education Course

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The lab studies how microtubules move in yeast and filamentous fungi.

The Microtubule Dynamics Lab studies the behavior of microtubules, which are involved in cell division and intracellular transport, using yeast and filamentous fungi. Microtubules are assembled from the protein tubulin and, using GTP as an energy source, show dynamic instability: they switch between phases of growth and sudden shrinkage. It is known that microtubules made from yeast tubulin move differently from those made from mammalian tubulin, and the lab investigates how this difference arises from small differences in amino acids. The lab combines biochemical methods with in vitro analysis using microscopy to work at the cellular and molecular levels.

#Microtubules #Tubulin #Yeasts and filamentous fungi