Crystal structure of Drosophila melanogaster kinesin-1 motor domain dimer-tail complexCrystal structure of Drosophila melanogaster kinesin-1 motor domain dimer-tail complex

Structural highlights

2y65 is a 7 chain structure with sequence from Drosophila melanogaster. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.2Å
Ligands:,
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Function

KINH_DROME

Publication Abstract from PubMed

When not transporting cargo, kinesin-1 is autoinhibited by binding of a tail region to the motor domains, but the mechanism of inhibition is unclear. We report the crystal structure of a motor domain dimer in complex with its tail domain at 2.2 angstroms and compare it with a structure of the motor domain alone at 2.7 angstroms. These structures indicate that neither an induced conformational change nor steric blocking is the cause of inhibition. Instead, the tail cross-links the motor domains at a second position, in addition to the coiled coil. This "double lockdown," by cross-linking at two positions, prevents the movement of the motor domains that is needed to undock the neck linker and release adenosine diphosphate. This autoinhibition mechanism could extend to some other kinesins.

The structure of the kinesin-1 motor-tail complex reveals the mechanism of autoinhibition.,Kaan HY, Hackney DD, Kozielski F Science. 2011 Aug 12;333(6044):883-5. PMID:21836017[1]

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References

  1. Kaan HY, Hackney DD, Kozielski F. The structure of the kinesin-1 motor-tail complex reveals the mechanism of autoinhibition. Science. 2011 Aug 12;333(6044):883-5. PMID:21836017 doi:10.1126/science.1204824

2y65, resolution 2.20Å

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