The cellular functions of kinesin-8 proteins are associated with their ability to destabilize microtubules. Deletion of kinesin-8 in budding yeast (Kip3p) and Aspergillus (KipB) makes these cells more ...

Zachary Gergely, Ammon Crapo, Loren Hough, J. Richard McIntosh, and Meredith D. Betterton (2016). Molecular Biology of the Cell27, 3490. arXiv DOI: 1604.08134. DOI ...

Biophysicists at Stanford University have finally answered one of the most fundamental questions in molecular biology: How does the tiny motor molecule, known as kinesin, move across a living cell?

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo ...

Intracellular transport is interspersed with frequent reversals in direction due to the presence of opposing kinesin and dynein motors on organelles that are carried as cargo. The cause and the ...

Inside neurons, motor proteins haul precious cargo, moving essential goods along thread-like roadways called microtubule tracks. This miniature highway system is vital for keeping neurons healthy: ...

Researchers have found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the ...

Learn more about an important cellular protein called kinesin from this video by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and Ron Vale Ph.D., a UCSF researcher. Kinesin is a motor protein, ...

HOUSTON - (Jan. 28, 2021) - Like a wrench that gums up the gears, a common anesthetic keeps the motor proteins in your cells from making their rounds. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but how it ...

Biophysicists at Stanford University have finally answered one of the most fundamental questions in molecular biology: How does the tiny motor molecule, known as kinesin, move across a living cell?