Kinesin, 30 years later: Recent insights from structural studies

Protein Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1047-1056

  Wang, Weiyi ^a,b   Cao, Luyan ^b   Wang, Chunguang ^a   Gigant, Benoît ^b   Knossow, Marcel ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

mechanism; microtubules; motor protein; myosin; processivity; structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; KINESIN INHIBITOR; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MONASTROL; MYOSIN; TUBULIN;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; KINESIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 84942082562     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2697     Document Type: Review

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