Epidermal hypocotyl cells are characterized by a highly structured cortical microtubule array, consisting of bundles of polarized, parallel microtubules that gradually migrate across the cortex in a rotary fashion (Chan et al., 2007). In animal cells, microtubules arise from centrosomes; however, plant cells lack centrosomes, and microtubules are thought to self-organize into structured arrays ...

This work is conducted to obtain mechanical properties of microtubule. For this aim, interaction energy in alpha-beta, beta-alpha, alpha-alpha, and beta-beta dimers was calculated using the molecular dynamic simulation. Force-distance diagrams for these dimers were obtained using the relation between potential energy and force. Afterwards, instead of each tubulin, one sphere with 55 KDa weight ...