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The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends

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  • Jonne Helenius

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Gary Brouhard

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Yannis Kalaidzidis

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
    Moscow State University)

  • Stefan Diez

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Jonathon Howard

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

Abstract

Single-molecule microscopy reveals that the kinesin-13 protein MCAK undergoes a one-dimensional random walk on the microtubule surface, unlike the unidirectional movement of other kinesins.

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  • Jonne Helenius & Gary Brouhard & Yannis Kalaidzidis & Stefan Diez & Jonathon Howard, 2006. "The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends," Nature, Nature, vol. 441(7089), pages 115-119, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:441:y:2006:i:7089:d:10.1038_nature04736
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04736
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    1. Carlo E Villa & Michele Caccia & Laura Sironi & Laura D'Alfonso & Maddalena Collini & Ilaria Rivolta & Giuseppe Miserocchi & Tatiana Gorletta & Ivan Zanoni & Francesca Granucci & Giuseppe Chirico, 2010. "Accumulative Difference Image Protocol for Particle Tracking in Fluorescence Microscopy Tested in Mouse Lymphonodes," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(8), pages 1-13, August.
    2. Byron Hunter & Matthieu P. M. H. Benoit & Ana B. Asenjo & Caitlin Doubleday & Daria Trofimova & Corey Frazer & Irsa Shoukat & Hernando Sosa & John S. Allingham, 2022. "Kinesin-8-specific loop-2 controls the dual activities of the motor domain according to tubulin protofilament shape," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-19, December.

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