Sandbox GGC1

Kinesin Motor Domain

spinqualitylabelsall models Kinesin Protein Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Kinesin is an ATP-dependent motor protein responsible for the transportation of cargo. It is a heterotetramer composed of light and heavy chains. Function Moving cargo usually from the center of the cell to the margins Involved in cell replication and axonal signaling Disease Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT): Charcot Marie Tooth is one of many diseases that affect the peripheral nervous system. Individuals may suffer physical disabilities due to weakness in transmission of signals firing from the central nervous system Structural highlights Scene #1 Kinesin structure is composed of eight anti-parallel Beta sheets and three alpha helices on opposite sides Alpha-beta structure Scene #2 This is the ATP binding site. Upon the binding of phosphate to ADP, ATP is formed giving Kinesin the energy needed to move the cargo one step a head to its destination ATP-binding site Scene #3 This is the Microtubule-binding site, where Kinesin binds to microtubules for stability MT-binding site Scene #4 some patients with CMT show mutation in the p-loop. A missense mutation results in a leucine in place of glutamine affecting signal transmission CMT This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes.