9-Angström structure of a microtubule-bound mitotic motor

Bodey, Andrew J. and Kikkawa, M. and Moores, Carolyn A. (2009) 9-Angström structure of a microtubule-bound mitotic motor. Journal of Molecular Biology 388 (2), pp. 218-224. ISSN 0022-2836.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.008

Abstract

Kinesin-5 (K5) motors are important components of the microtubule (MT)-based cell division machinery and are targets for small-molecule inhibitors currently in cancer clinical trials. However, the nature of the K5–MT interaction and the regulatory mechanisms that control it remain unclear. Using cryo-electron microscopy and image processing, we calculated the structure of a K5 motor bound to MTs at 9 Å resolution, providing insight into this important interaction. Our reconstruction reveals the K5 motor domain in an ATP-like conformation in which MT binding induces the conserved nucleotide-sensing switch I and II loops to form a compact subdomain around the bound nucleotide. Our reconstruction also reveals a novel conformation for the K5-specific drug-binding loop 5, suggesting a possible role for it in switching K5s between force generation and diffusional modes of MT binding. Our data thus shed light on regulation of the interaction between spindle components important for chromosome segregation.

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Item Type:	Article
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes:	Structural Molecular Biology, Institute of (ISMB)
Depositing User:	Administrator
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2010 14:09
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 16:49
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1039

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