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Rigor kinesin motor domain with an ordered neck-linker, docked on tubulin dimer, modelled into the 8A cryo-EM map of doublecortin- microtubules decorated with kinesin
4atx is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus and Buffalo rat. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
[TBB2B_BOVIN] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (By similarity). [KINH_RAT] Microtubule-dependent motor required for normal distribution of mitochondria and lysosomes (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q61768] [TBA1D_BOVIN] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Doublecortin (Dcx) defines a growing family of microtubule (MT)-associated proteins (MAPs) involved in neuronal migration and process outgrowth. We show that Dcx is essential for the function of Kif1a, a kinesin-3 motor protein that traffics synaptic vesicles. Neurons lacking Dcx and/or its structurally conserved paralogue, doublecortin-like kinase 1 (Dclk1), show impaired Kif1a-mediated transport of Vamp2, a cargo of Kif1a, with decreased run length. Human disease-associated mutations in Dcx's linker sequence (e.g., W146C, K174E) alter Kif1a/Vamp2 transport by disrupting Dcx/Kif1a interactions without affecting Dcx MT binding. Dcx specifically enhances binding of the ADP-bound Kif1a motor domain to MTs. Cryo-electron microscopy and subnanometer-resolution image reconstruction reveal the kinesin-dependent conformational variability of MT-bound Dcx and suggest a model for MAP-motor crosstalk on MTs. Alteration of kinesin run length by MAPs represents a previously undiscovered mode of control of kinesin transport and provides a mechanism for regulation of MT-based transport by local signals.
Molecular basis for specific regulation of neuronal Kinesin-3 motors by doublecortin family proteins.,Liu JS, Schubert CR, Fu X, Fourniol FJ, Jaiswal JK, Houdusse A, Stultz CM, Moores CA, Walsh CA Mol Cell. 2012 Sep 14;47(5):707-21. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.025. Epub 2012 , Aug 1. PMID:22857951[1]
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↑ Liu JS, Schubert CR, Fu X, Fourniol FJ, Jaiswal JK, Houdusse A, Stultz CM, Moores CA, Walsh CA. Molecular basis for specific regulation of neuronal Kinesin-3 motors by doublecortin family proteins. Mol Cell. 2012 Sep 14;47(5):707-21. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.025. Epub 2012 , Aug 1. PMID:22857951 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.025
