Structural highlights
Function[NCD_DROME] NCD is required for normal chromosomal segregation in meiosis, in females, and in early mitotic divisions of the embryo. The NCD motor activity is directed toward the microtubule's minus end.[1] Publication Abstract from PubMedRotation of the coiled-coil stalk of the kinesin-14 motors is thought to drive displacements or steps by the motor along microtubules, but the structural changes that trigger stalk rotation and the nucleotide state in which it occurs are not certain. Here we report a kinesin-14 neck mutant that releases ADP more slowly than wild type and shows weaker microtubule affinity, consistent with defective stalk rotation. Unexpectedly, crystal structures show the stalk fully rotated - neck-motor interactions destabilize the stalk, causing it to rotate and ADP to be released, and alter motor affinity for microtubules. A new structural pathway accounts for the coupling of stalk rotation - the force-producing stroke - to changes in motor affinity for nucleotide and microtubules. Sequential disruption of salt bridges that stabilize the unrotated stalk could cause the stalk to initiate and complete rotation in different nucleotide states. Neck-motor interactions trigger rotation of the kinesin stalk.,Liu HL, Pemble Iv CW, Endow SA Sci Rep. 2012;2:236. Epub 2012 Jan 27. PMID:22355749[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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