التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
KINESIN BYPASSING BLOCKAGES ON MICROTUBULE RAILS. |
| المؤلفون: |
Dreblow, Kerstin1 kdreblow@fli-leibniz.de, Kalchishkova, Nikolina1 nikolina@fli-leibniz.de, Böhm, Konrad J.1 kboehm@fli-leibniz.de |
| المصدر: |
Biophysical Reviews & Letters. Apr2009, Vol. 4 Issue 1/2, p139-151. 13p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 5 Graphs. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*KINESIN, *TUBULINS, *PROTEINS, *MOTOR neurons, *CELL motility |
| مستخلص: |
Kinesins are motor proteins which convert the chemical energy of ATP into mechanical energy to move along proteinaceous microtubule rails and to transport different cargoes to defined intracellular destinations. It is well documented that following the track of a single protofilament is the thermodynamically most effective mechanism of kinesin movement along microtubules. However, the question arises what happens when a kinesin molecule encounters a hindrance along the protofilament. The present study describes a simple, cell-free approach which enables to study the effects of structural blockages on kinesin-based transport. This experimental approach uses dimeric conventional kinesin moving nanometre-sized gold beads along immobilized microtubules whose surface has been irreversibly decorated by blocking proteins. We demonstrated that the continuous bead transport temporarily stopped at sites of blockages, but usually continued after a certain resting time. Our results suggest that single dimeric kinesin molecules are able to change to another protofilament if the next tubulin dimer where the second head should bind is blocked. A bypassing mechanism is discussed which is considered to be one fundamental prerequisite to realize a kinesin-mediated cargo-transport along microtubules over long distances, required for e.g., the fast axonal transport in motor neurons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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