Non-catalytic motor domains enable processive movement and functional diversification of the kinesin-14 Kar3

Tension on the linker gates the ATP-dependent release of dynein from microtubules

(2014) Frank B. Cleary et al.   Nature Communications

The pseudo GTPase CENP-M drives human kinetochore assembly

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Spindle pole body-anchored Kar3 drives the nucleus along microtubules from another nucleus in preparation for nuclear fusion during yeast karyogamy

(2013) R. Gibeaux et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Molecular requirements for the formation of a kinetochore–microtubule interface by Dam1 and Ndc80 complexes

(2013) Fabienne Lampert et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Common mechanistic themes for the powerstroke of kinesin-14 motors

(2013) Miguel A. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Kinetochore kinesin CENP-E is a processive bi-directional tracker of dynamic microtubule tips

(2013) Nikita Gudimchuk et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Microtubule-sliding activity of a kinesin-8 promotes spindle assembly and spindle-length control

(2013) Xiaolei Su et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Neck Rotation and Neck Mimic Docking in the Noncatalytic Kar3-associated Protein Vik1

(2012) Da Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Kar3Vik1, a member of the Kinesin-14 superfamily, shows a novel kinesin microtubule binding pattern

(2012) Katherine C. Rank et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Single-molecule pull-down for studying protein interactions

(2012) Ankur Jain et al.   Nature Protocols

Dynein achieves processive motion using both stochastic and coordinated stepping

(2012) Weihong Qiu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Measuring collective transport by defined numbers of processive and nonprocessive kinesin motors

(2012) K. Furuta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Kinesin Kar3Cik1 ATPase Pathway for Microtubule Cross-linking

(2011) Chun Ju Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cytoplasmic Dynein Moves Through Uncoordinated Stepping of the AAA+ Ring Domains

(2011) M. A. DeWitt et al.   SCIENCE

The Dam1 complex confers microtubule plus end–tracking activity to the Ndc80 kinetochore complex

(2010) Fabienne Lampert et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Regulation of a heterodimeric kinesin-2 through an unprocessive motor domain that is turned processive by its partner

(2010) M. Brunnbauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pseudophosphatases: Grab and Hold on

(2009) Nicholas K. Tonks   CELL

The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism

(2009) Marcus Braun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The mitotic kinesin-14 Ncd drives directional microtubule–microtubule sliding

(2009) Gero Fink et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Processive Movement by a Kinesin Heterodimer with an Inactivating Mutation in One Head†

(2008) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Intramolecular Strain Coordinates Kinesin Stepping Behavior along Microtubules

(2008) Ahmet Yildiz et al.   CELL

Minus-End-Directed Motor Ncd Exhibits Processive Movement that Is Enhanced by Microtubule Bundling In Vitro

(2008) Ken'ya Furuta et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY