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Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The dimeric form of the kinesin motor and neck domain from rat brain with bound ADP has been solved by X-ray crystallography. The two heads of the dimer are connected via a coiled-coil alpha-helical interaction of their necks. They are broadly similar to one another; differences are most apparent in the head-neck junction and in a moderate reorientation of the neck helices in order to adopt to the coiled-coil conformation. The heads show a rotational symmetry (approximately 120 degrees) about an axis close to that of the coiled-coil. This arrangement is unexpected since it is not compatible with the microtubule lattice. In this arrangement, the two heads of a kinesin dimer could not have equivalent interactions with microtubules.
The crystal structure of dimeric kinesin and implications for microtubule-dependent motility.,Kozielski F, Sack S, Marx A, Thormahlen M, Schonbrunn E, Biou V, Thompson A, Mandelkow EM, Mandelkow E Cell. 1997 Dec 26;91(7):985-94. PMID:9428521[1]
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- ↑ Kozielski F, Sack S, Marx A, Thormahlen M, Schonbrunn E, Biou V, Thompson A, Mandelkow EM, Mandelkow E. The crystal structure of dimeric kinesin and implications for microtubule-dependent motility. Cell. 1997 Dec 26;91(7):985-94. PMID:9428521
