Microtubules,3D computer artwork. Microtubules are polymers of the protein tubulin. They are a component of the cytoskeleton,which maintains a cell's shape,allows some cellular mobility and is involved in intracellular transport.The tubular polymers of tubulin can grow as long 50 micrometres and are highly dynamic. In Alzheimer's disease,the transport of tau-protein (belonging to the MAP proteins) stabilizing the microtubules is disturbed and allows phosphate-groups to attach to the tau-protein,destabilizing the microtubuli of brain axons. This leads to the agglutination of the nerve cells resulting in neuronal degeneration | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Pasieka, Alfred |
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