Motor generated torque drives coupled yawing and orbital rotations of kinesin coated gold nanorods
Communications Biology, 2022 In vitro kinesin-coated gold nanorod (kinesin-GNRs) assays reveal that torque drives both rolling and yawing of kinesin-GNRs translocating along the microtubule axis with possible relevance to intracellular transport.
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Unraveling Lysosomal Exocytosis: From Molecular Mechanisms to Physiological Functions. [PDF]
TrafficLysosomal exocytosis is propelled by specific molecular mechanisms that direct its microtubule‐dependent transport and subsequent fusion with the plasma membrane. This process fulfills essential physiological functions such as plasma membrane repair, maintenance of cellular homeostasis, and participation in signal transduction.
Jiang S +7 more
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Dynamics of myosin, microtubules, and Kinesin-6 at the cortex during cytokinesis in Drosophila S2 cells [PDF]
, 2009 © The Authors, 2009 . This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. The definitive version was published in Journal of Cell Biology 186 (2009): 727-738, doi:10.1083/jcb ...
Griffis, Eric R. +2 more
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The preprophase band-associated kinesin-14 OsKCH2 is a processive minus-end-directed microtubule motor. [PDF]
, 2018 In animals and fungi, cytoplasmic dynein is a processive minus-end-directed motor that plays dominant roles in various intracellular processes. In contrast, land plants lack cytoplasmic dynein but contain many minus-end-directed kinesin-14s.
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Kinesin-3 motors are fine-tuned at the molecular level to endow distinct mechanical outputs
BMC Biology, 2022 Background Kinesin-3 family motors drive diverse cellular processes and have significant clinical importance. The ATPase cycle is integral to the processive motility of kinesin motors to drive long-distance intracellular transport.
Pushpanjali Soppina +6 more
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Nucleotide specificity of the enzymatic and motile activities of dynein, kinesin, and heavy meromyosin. [PDF]
, 1991 The substrate specificities of dynein, kinesin, and myosin substrate turnover activity and cytoskeletal filament-driven translocation were examined using 15 ATP analogues.
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Nature, 1996 Chromosome segregation during mitosis depends on the action of the mitotic spindle, a self-organizing, bipolar protein machine which uses microtubules (MTs) and their associated motors. Members of the BimC subfamily of kinesin-related MT-motor proteins are believed to be essential for the formation and functioning of a normal bipolar spindle.
Kashina, A. S +5 more
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Speed effects in gliding motility assays due to surface passivation, water isotope, and osmotic stress. [PDF]
, 2010 The molecular motor kinesin-1, an ATPase, and the substrate it walks along, microtubules, are vital components of eukaryotic cells. Kinesin converts chemical energy to linear motion as its two motor domains step along microtubules in a process similar to
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Surface topography of microtubule walls decorated with monomeric and dimeric kinesin constructs [PDF]
, 2000 The surface topography of opened-up microtubule walls (sheets) decorated with monomeric and dimeric kinesin motor domains was investigated by freeze-drying and unidirectional metal shadowing.
Doerhoefer, Monika +6 more
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Kinesin's backsteps under mechanical load [PDF]
, 2009 Kinesins move processively toward the plus end of microtubules by hydrolyzing ATP for each step. From an enzymatic perspective, the mechanism of mechanical motion coupled to the nucleotide chemistry is often well explained using a single-loop cyclic ...
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