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Mechanistic basis of propofol-induced disruption of kinesin processivity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Feb 2021
Dutta Mandira, Gilbert Susan P, Onuchic José N, Jana Biman
Abstract excerpt
Propofol is a widely used general anesthetic to induce and maintain anesthesia, and its effects are thought to occur through impact on the ligand-gated channels including the GABAA receptor. Propofol also interacts with a large number of proteins including molecular motors and inhibits kinesin processivity, resulting in significant decrease in the run length for conventional kinesin-1 and kinesin-2. However, the...
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