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EMBO JOURNAL
卷 30, 期 24, 页码 4942-4954出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.403
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- Lower Saxony [11-76251-99-26/08 (ZN2440)]
- ISF [1043/09]
- BSF [2003141]
- Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CMPB)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Kinesin-5 motors fulfil essential roles in mitotic spindle morphogenesis and dynamics as slow, processive microtubule (MT) plus-end directed motors. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae kinesin-5 Cin8 was found, surprisingly, to switch directionality. Here, we have examined directionality using single-molecule fluorescence motility assays and live-cell microscopy. On spindles, Cin8 motors mostly moved slowly (similar to 25 nm/s) towards the midzone, but occasionally also faster (similar to 55 nm/s) towards the spindle poles. In vitro, individual Cin8 motors could be switched by ionic conditions from rapid (380 nm/s) and processive minus-end to slow plus-end motion on single MTs. At high ionic strength, Cin8 motors rapidly alternated directionalities between antiparallel MTs, while driving steady plus-end relative sliding. Between parallel MTs, plus-end motion was only occasionally observed. Deletion of the uniquely large insert in loop 8 of Cin8 induced bias towards minus-end motility and affected the ionic strength-dependent directional switching of Cin8 in vitro. The deletion mutant cells exhibited reduced midzone-directed motility and efficiency to support spindle elongation, indicating the importance of directionality control for the anaphase function of Cin8. The EMBO Journal (2011) 30, 4942-4954. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.403; Published online 18 November 2011
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