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A homotetrameric kinesin-5, KLP61F, bundles microtubules and antagonizes Ncd in motility assays

Tao, Li and Mogilner, Alex and Civelekoglu-Scholey, Gul and Wollman, Roy and Evans, James and Stahlberg, Henning and Scholey, Jonathan M.. (2006) A homotetrameric kinesin-5, KLP61F, bundles microtubules and antagonizes Ncd in motility assays. Current biology, Vol. 16, H. 23. pp. 2293-2302.

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Abstract

Mitosis depends upon the cooperative action of multiple microtubule (MT)-based motors. Among these, a kinesin-5, KLP61F, and the kinesin-14, Ncd, are proposed to generate antagonistic-sliding forces that control the spacing of the spindle poles. We tested whether purified KLP61F homotetramers and Ncd homodimers can generate a force balance capable of maintaining a constant spindle length in Drosophila embryos.; Using fluorescence microscopy and cryo-EM, we observed that purified full-length, motorless, and tailless KLP61F tetramers (containing a tetramerization domain) and Ncd dimers can all cross-link MTs into bundles in MgATP. In multiple-motor motility assays, KLP61F and Ncd drive plus-end and minus-end MT sliding at 0.04 and 0.1 microm/s, respectively, but the motility of either motor is decreased by increasing the mole fraction of the other. At the "balance point," the mean velocity was zero and MTs paused briefly and then oscillated, taking approximately 0.3 microm excursions at approximately 0.02 microm/s toward the MT plus end and then the minus end.; The results, combined with quantitative analysis, suggest that these motors could act as mutual brakes to modulate the rate of pole-pole separation and could maintain a prometaphase spindle displaying small fluctuations in its steady-state length.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Structural Biology (Stahlberg)
UniBasel Contributors:Stahlberg, Henning
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Cell Press
ISSN:0960-9822
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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