Phosphorylation by Cdk1 increases the binding of Eg5 to microtubules in vitro and in Xenopus egg extract spindles.

BACKGROUND:Motor proteins from the kinesin-5 subfamily play an essential role in spindle assembly during cell division of most organisms. These motors crosslink and slide microtubules in the spindle. Kinesin-5 motors are phosphorylated at a conserved site by Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) during m...

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Main Authors: Julie Cahu, Aurelien Olichon, Christian Hentrich, Henry Schek, Jovana Drinjakovic, Cunjie Zhang, Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Gilles Lajoie, Thomas Surrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2592692?pdf=render