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A structural change in the kinesin motor protein that drives motility

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  • Sarah Rice

    (Departments of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology)

  • Abel W. Lin

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Daniel Safer

    (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)

  • Cynthia L. Hart

    (The Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Nariman Naber

    (Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California)

  • Bridget O. Carragher

    (Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

  • Shane M. Cain

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Elena Pechatnikova

    (University of Chicago)

  • Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Michael Whittaker

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Edward Pate

    (Washington State University)

  • Roger Cooke

    (Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California)

  • Edwin W. Taylor

    (University of Chicago)

  • Ronald A. Milligan

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Ronald D. Vale

    (The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Departments of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology)

Abstract

Kinesin motors power many motile processes by converting ATP energy into unidirectional motion along microtubules. The force-generating and enzymatic properties of conventional kinesin have been extensively studied; however, the structural basis of movement is unknown. Here we have detected and visualized a large conformational change of a ∼15-amino-acid region (the neck linker) in kinesin using electron paramagnetic resonance, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, pre-steady state kinetics and cryo-electron microscopy. This region becomes immobilized and extended towards the microtubule ‘plus’ end when kinesin binds microtubules and ATP, and reverts to a more mobile conformation when γ-phosphate is released after nucleotide hydrolysis. This conformational change explains both the direction of kinesin motion and processive movement by the kinesin dimer.

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  • Sarah Rice & Abel W. Lin & Daniel Safer & Cynthia L. Hart & Nariman Naber & Bridget O. Carragher & Shane M. Cain & Elena Pechatnikova & Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek & Michael Whittaker & Edward Pate & , 1999. "A structural change in the kinesin motor protein that drives motility," Nature, Nature, vol. 402(6763), pages 778-784, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:402:y:1999:i:6763:d:10.1038_45483
    DOI: 10.1038/45483
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