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Kinesin, 30 years later: Recent insights from structural studies
- W. Wang, Luyan Cao, Chunguang Wang, B. Gigant, Marcel Knossow
- Biology, Medicine
- Protein science : a publication of the Protein…
- 1 July 2015
Motile kinesins are motor proteins that move unidirectionally along microtubules as they hydrolyze ATP. They share a conserved motor domain (head) which harbors both the ATP‐ and microtubule‐binding… Expand
The structural switch of nucleotide-free kinesin
- Luyan Cao, Soraya Cantos-Fernandes, B. Gigant
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Scientific reports
- 14 February 2017
Kinesin-1 is an ATP-dependent motor protein that moves towards microtubules (+)-ends. Whereas structures of isolated ADP-kinesin and of complexes with tubulin of apo-kinesin and of ATP-like-kinesin… Expand
bases structurales de la motilité des kinésines
- Luyan Cao
- Physics
- 27 September 2016
Les kinesines sont des proteines moteur liees au cytosquelette de microtubules. Elles convertissent l’energie provenant de l’hydrolyse de l’ATP en un travail mecanique. Leur fonction typique est de… Expand
structural basis of kinesin motility
- Luyan Cao
- Chemistry
- 27 September 2016
Kinesins are a family of microtubule-interacting motor proteins that convert the chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work. Many kinesins are motile, walking along microtubules to… Expand
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Nucleotide-free kinesin motor domain in complex with tubulin and a DARPin
- Luyan Cao, B. Gigant, Marcel Knossow
- Chemistry
- 3 December 2014