Mammalian Kinesin-3 motors are dimeric in vivo and move by processive motility upon release of autoinhibition.

Kinesin-3 motors drive the transport of synaptic vesicles and other membrane-bound organelles in neuronal cells. In the absence of cargo, kinesin motors are kept inactive to prevent motility and ATP hydrolysis. Current models state that the Kinesin-3 motor KIF1A is monomeric in the inactive state an...

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Main Authors: Jennetta W Hammond, Dawen Cai, T Lynne Blasius, Zhe Li, Yuyang Jiang, Gloria T Jih, Edgar Meyhofer, Kristen J Verhey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000072&type=printable
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