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The Centrosome

  • Centrosome consists of two centrioles that are formed from nine sets of microtubules (red tubes), which are triplet at the proximal ends and doublet at the distal ends of centrioles.
  • Human centriole cylinder - approximate diameters of 150–200 nm and lengths of 400–450 nm
  • The two centrioles attached to one another via their proximal ends by a flexible linker (green ribbons).
  • Surrounding the proximal ends of each centriole is a matrix of proteins, the pericentriolar material (PCM) that is a site of microtubule nucleation as well as procentriole assembly (yellow ribbons).
  • The two centrioles differ from one another, as one is slightly longer and also possesses two sets of appendages (distal and sub-distal drawn as orange sticks and red cones, respectively).
  • older centriole (mother) while the other is the daughter centriole.
  • basal bodies form either de novo or from the oldest, platforms for the formation of motile and immotile cilia

Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4)

  • localizes to the proximal ends of both centrioles and the distal end of the mother centriole.
  • unique member of the Polo-like family of kinases that shares little homology with its siblings and has an essential role in centriole duplication.


Links: Mitosis | Centrosome structure


Reference

<pubmed>20920249</pubmed>| Cell Div.


Sillibourne and Bornens Cell Division 2010 5:25 doi:10.1186/1747-1028-5-25

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