Diffusive tail anchorage determines velocity and force produced by kinesin-14 between crosslinked microtubules

Kinesin-14s, such as Ncd, interact with microtubules with their non-processive motor domains and their diffusive tail domains, but the influence of the tail domains on motor performance is not known. Here the authors show that tail domain slippage limits the velocities and forces generated by Ncd, s...

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Main Authors: Annemarie Lüdecke, Anja-Maria Seidel, Marcus Braun, Zdenek Lansky, Stefan Diez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04656-0