Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8319731 Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2016 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Recent structures of the dynein motor in three different conformations reveal how it uses ATP hydrolysis to move along microtubules. Attention is now turning to how cytoplasmic dynein-1 and dynactin act together to carry cargos. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has revealed the structure of dynactin and how it binds dynein in the presence of a cargo adaptor protein Bicaudal-D2 (BICD2). Future questions will include how dynein-1 transports so many different cargos and how the 2.4 MDa dynein/dynactin transport machine is regulated.
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