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Two-state displacement by the kinesin-14 Ncd stalk.
Biophysical chemistry - 1 Mar 2011
Hallen Mark A, Liang Zhang-Yi, Endow Sharyn A
Abstract excerpt
The nonprocessive kinesin-14 Ncd motor binds to microtubules and hydrolyzes ATP, undergoing a single displacement before releasing the microtubule. A lever-like rotation of the coiled-coil stalk is thought to drive Ncd displacements or steps along microtubules. Crystal structures and cryoelectron microscopy reconstructions imply that stalk rotation is correlated with ADP release and microtubule binding by the...
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