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The mechanism of dynein motility: insight from crystal structures of the motor domain.


ABSTRACT: Dynein is a large cytoskeletal motor protein that belongs to the AAA+ (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) superfamily. While dynein has had a rich history of cellular research, its molecular mechanism of motility remains poorly understood. Here we describe recent X-ray crystallographic studies that reveal the architecture of dynein's catalytic ring, mechanical linker element, and microtubule binding domain. This structural information has given rise to new hypotheses on how the dynein motor domain might change its conformation in order to produce motility along microtubules.

SUBMITTER: Cho C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3249483 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The mechanism of dynein motility: insight from crystal structures of the motor domain.

Cho Carol C   Vale Ronald D RD  

Biochimica et biophysica acta 20111028 1


Dynein is a large cytoskeletal motor protein that belongs to the AAA+ (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) superfamily. While dynein has had a rich history of cellular research, its molecular mechanism of motility remains poorly understood. Here we describe recent X-ray crystallographic studies that reveal the architecture of dynein's catalytic ring, mechanical linker element, and microtubule binding domain. This structural information has given rise to new hypotheses on how the  ...[more]

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