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Force studies of multiple kinesin-1 and Eg5 molecular motors.

机译:多种kinesin-1和Eg5分子马达的力研究。

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Kinesin-1 and Eg5 are molecular motors that are essential for eukaryotic cell growth and development. Kinesin-1 motors transport intracellular cargo along the microtubule cytoskeleton through and against the dense viscoelastic cytoplasm. Eg5 motors mediate proper mitotic, microtubule spindle assembly during cell division, and stabilize these spindle structures with plus-end forces balancing opposing minus-end directed forces along the filaments. Therefore, it is important to understand how multiple kinesin-1 and Eg5 motors withstand competing forces, their structural rigidity under such loads, and how quickly they are able to rebind if loosed from their microtubule tracks. We get exact motor binding stoichiometry previously inaccessible by using a unique type of analysis for our optical trapping experiments. With this information, we characterize both motors and compare them to one another. We find the release forces for both types of motors add linearly with the number of motors bound and that Eg5 has a weaker binding than that of kinesin-1. The stiffness for the motor domains is comparable, yet we find that the average time to rebind for Eg5 decreases at higher concentrations while it does not for kinesin-1. This may indicate that there exists some weak interaction between kinesin-1 and microtubules keeping them close while unbound.
机译:Kinesin-1和Eg5是对真核细胞生长和发育必不可少的分子马达。 Kinesin-1电机沿着微管细胞骨架通过并逆着密集的粘弹性细胞质运输细胞内货物。 Eg5马达在细胞分裂过程中介导适当的有丝分裂,微管纺锤体组装,并通过平衡沿细丝相反的负端定向力的正向力稳定这些纺锤体结构。因此,重要的是要了解多个kinesin-1和Eg5电动机如何承受竞争力,在这种载荷下它们的结构刚性,以及如果从微管轨道上松开,它们能够以多快的速度重新结合。通过对光阱实验使用独特的分析类型,我们可以获得以前无法获得的精确的电机结合化学计量。利用这些信息,我们可以对两个电动机进行特性分析,并将它们相互比较。我们发现两种类型的电机的释放力都随绑定的电机数量线性增加,并且Eg5的绑定力比驱动蛋白1的绑定力弱。运动域的刚度是可比的,但是我们发现在较高的浓度下,Eg5的平均重结合时间会减少,而对于驱动蛋白-1的平均时间则不会。这可能表明驱动蛋白1和微管之间存在一些弱相互作用,使它们在未结合时保持紧密。

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  • 作者

    Graves, Evan Taclibon.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.;

  • 授予单位 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.;
  • 学科 Biology Molecular.;Physics Optics.;Biophysics General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 87 p.
  • 总页数 87
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 分子遗传学;生物物理学;光学;
  • 关键词

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