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Insight into the molecular mechanism of the multitasking kinesin-8 motor.


ABSTRACT: Members of the kinesin-8 motor class have the remarkable ability to both walk towards microtubule plus-ends and depolymerise these ends on arrival, thereby regulating microtubule length. To analyse how kinesin-8 multitasks, we studied the structure and function of the kinesin-8 motor domain. We determined the first crystal structure of a kinesin-8 and used cryo-electron microscopy to calculate the structure of the microtubule-bound motor. Microtubule-bound kinesin-8 reveals a new conformation compared with the crystal structure, including a bent conformation of the ?4 relay helix and ordering of functionally important loops. The kinesin-8 motor domain does not depolymerise stabilised microtubules with ATP but does form tubulin rings in the presence of a non-hydrolysable ATP analogue. This shows that, by collaborating, kinesin-8 motor domain molecules can release tubulin from microtubules, and that they have a similar mechanical effect on microtubule ends as kinesin-13, which enables depolymerisation. Our data reveal aspects of the molecular mechanism of kinesin-8 motors that contribute to their unique dual motile and depolymerising functions, which are adapted to control microtubule length.

SUBMITTER: Peters C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2964168 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Insight into the molecular mechanism of the multitasking kinesin-8 motor.

Peters Carsten C   Brejc Katjuša K   Belmont Lisa L   Bodey Andrew J AJ   Lee Yan Y   Yu Ming M   Guo Jun J   Sakowicz Roman R   Hartman James J   Moores Carolyn A CA  

The EMBO journal 20100903 20


Members of the kinesin-8 motor class have the remarkable ability to both walk towards microtubule plus-ends and depolymerise these ends on arrival, thereby regulating microtubule length. To analyse how kinesin-8 multitasks, we studied the structure and function of the kinesin-8 motor domain. We determined the first crystal structure of a kinesin-8 and used cryo-electron microscopy to calculate the structure of the microtubule-bound motor. Microtubule-bound kinesin-8 reveals a new conformation co  ...[more]

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