Synaptic plasticity in the MyosinVa mutant mouse by Tunca, Cansu, 1977-

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Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase: a new risk gene for multiple sclerosis. by Alcina, A, Ramagopalan, S, Fernández, O, Catalá-Rabasa, A, Fedetz, M, Ndagire, D, Leyva, L, Arnal, C, Delgado, C, Lucas, M, Izquierdo, G, Ebers, G, Matesanz, F

“…This marker is located on chromosome 1p36.22, which is 1 Mb away from the MS-associated kinesin motor protein KIF1B, although linkage disequilibrium was not observed between these two markers. …”

Non-muscle myosin II in disease: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities by Karen A. Newell-Litwa, Rick Horwitz, Marcelo L. Lamers

“…The actin motor protein non-muscle myosin II (NMII) acts as a master regulator of cell morphology, with a role in several essential cellular processes, including cell migration and post-synaptic dendritic spine plasticity in neurons. …”
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Mathematical Characterization of Protein Sequences Using Patterns as Chemical Group Combinations of Amino Acids. by Jayanta Kumar Das, Provas Das, Korak Kumar Ray, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Siddhartha Sankar Jana

“…We also check commonality with another motor protein sub-family kinesin, KIF1A. Based on our analysis we find a common block of length 8 aa both in myosin II and KIF1A. …”
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Reconstitution of an active human CENP-E motor by Benjamin Craske, Thibault Legal, Julie P. I. Welburn

“…CENP-E is a large kinesin motor protein which plays pivotal roles in mitosis by facilitating chromosome capture and alignment, and promoting microtubule flux in the spindle. …”
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Phosphorylation by Cdk1 increases the binding of Eg5 to microtubules in vitro and in Xenopus egg extract spindles. by Julie Cahu, Aurelien Olichon, Christian Hentrich, Henry Schek, Jovana Drinjakovic, Cunjie Zhang, Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Gilles Lajoie, Thomas Surrey

“…BACKGROUND:Motor proteins from the kinesin-5 subfamily play an essential role in spindle assembly during cell division of most organisms. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of Kinesin Family in Barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>) by Zhaoshun Ye, Zhen Yuan, Huan Xu, Leiwen Pan, Jingsi Chen, Anicet Gatera, Muhammad Uzair, Dawei Xu

“…Kinesin, as a member of the molecular motor protein superfamily, plays an essential function in various plants’ developmental processes. …”
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Microtubule motor driven interactions of lipid droplets: Specificities and opportunities by Jagjeet Singh, Paulomi Sanghavi, Roop Mallik

“…There is growing evidence that motor protein driven motion of LDs along microtubules may facilitate such LD-organelle interactions. …”
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Acquisition of Rab11 and Rab11-Fip2-A novel strategy for Chlamydia pneumoniae early survival. by Katja Mölleken, Johannes H Hegemann

“…Additionally, we show that binding to Rab11 and Fip2 recruits the unconventional actin motor protein myosin Vb to the early inclusion and that together they regulate the relocation of the nascent inclusion from the cell periphery to the perinuclear region, its final destination. …”
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Mitochondrial transfer from mesenchymal stem cells to neural stem cells protects against the neurotoxic effects of cisplatin by Nabila Boukelmoune, Gabriel S. Chiu, Annemieke Kavelaars, Cobi J. Heijnen

“…Conversely, overexpression of the mitochondrial motor protein Rho-GTPase 1 (Miro1) in MSCs increased mitochondrial transfer and further improved survival of cisplatin-treated NSCs. …”
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Photoreceptor Compartment-Specific TULP1 Interactomes by Lindsey A. Ebke, Satyabrata Sinha, Gayle J. T. Pauer, Stephanie A. Hagstrom

“…We report the identification of: (1) an IS-specific interaction between Tulp1 and the motor protein Kinesin family member 3a (Kif3a), (2) a synaptic-specific interaction between Tulp1 and the scaffold protein Ribeye, and (3) an interaction between Tulp1 and the cytoskeletal protein microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP1B) in both compartments. …”
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Depletion of kinesin 5B affects lysosomal distribution and stability and induces peri-nuclear accumulation of autophagosomes in cancer cells. by Carla M P Cardoso, Line Groth-Pedersen, Maria Høyer-Hansen, Thomas Kirkegaard, Elizabeth Corcelle, Jens S Andersen, Marja Jäättelä, Jesper Nylandsted

“…In KIF5B-depleted cells the autophagosomes formed and accumulated in the close proximity to the Golgi apparatus, whereas in the control cells they appeared uniformly distributed in the cytoplasm.Our data identify KIF5B as a cancer relevant lysosomal motor protein with additional functions in autophagosome formation.…”
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Myosin V and iNOS expression is enhanced in J774 murine macrophages treated with IFN-gamma by D.S. Reis, M.A. Souza, J.R. Mineo, F.S. Espindola

“…Actin-based motor protein requirements and nitric oxide (NO) production are important features of macrophage activity during phagocytosis or microbicidal processes. …”
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Outer Hair Cell Lateral Wall Structure Constrains the Mobility of Plasma Membrane Proteins. by Tetsuji Yamashita, Pierre Hakizimana, Siva Wu, Ahmed Hassan, Stefan Jacob, Jamshid Temirov, Jie Fang, Marcia Mellado-Lagarde, Richard Gursky, Linda Horner, Barbara Leibiger, Sara Leijon, Victoria E Centonze, Per-Olof Berggren, Sharon Frase, Manfred Auer, William E Brownell, Anders Fridberger, Jian Zuo

“…Previous studies suggest that Slc26a5 continuously diffuses within the membrane, but how can a freely moving motor protein effectively convey forces critical for hearing? …”
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Generation of the CRISPR/Cas9-mediated KIF1C knock-out human iPSC line HIHRSi003-A-1 by Maike Nagel, Sandra Müßig, Philip Höflinger, Ludger Schöls, Stefan Hauser, Rebecca Schüle

“…Bi-allelic loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding the motor protein KIF1C are associated with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) type SPG58, a slowly progressive neurodegenerative motoneuron disease. …”
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Processivity of dimeric kinesin‐1 molecular motors by Si‐Kao Guo, Xiao‐Xuan Shi, Peng‐Ye Wang, Ping Xie

“…Kinesin‐1 is a homodimeric motor protein that can move along microtubule filaments by hydrolyzing ATP with a high processivity. …”
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Hearing loss and hair cell death in mice given the cholesterol-chelating agent hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin. by Mark A Crumling, Liqian Liu, Paul V Thomas, Jennifer Benson, Ariane Kanicki, Lisa Kabara, Karin Hälsey, David Dolan, R Keith Duncan

“…In many cases, surviving hair cells in the cochlear apex exhibited abnormal punctate distribution of the motor protein prestin, suggesting long term changes to membrane composition and integrity. …”
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Cellular model of neuronal atrophy induced by DYNC1I1 deficiency reveals protective roles of RAS-RAF-MEK signaling by Zhi-Dong Liu, Su Zhang, Jian-Jin Hao, Tao-Rong Xie, Jian-Sheng Kang

“…A variety of abnormalities including motor protein malfunction and mitochondrial dysfunction contribute to the loss of neuronal architecture; however, less is known about the intracellular signaling pathways that can protect against or delay this pathogenic process. …”
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The SPF27 homologue Num1 connects splicing and kinesin 1-dependent cytoplasmic trafficking in Ustilago maydis. by Nikola Kellner, Kai Heimel, Theresa Obhof, Florian Finkernagel, Jörg Kämper

“…Among others, Num1 interacts with the motor protein Kin1 in the cytoplasm. Similar phenotypes with respect to filamentous and polar growth, vacuolar morphology, as well as the motility of early endosomes corroborate the genetic interaction between Num1 and Kin1. …”
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Notch signaling limits supporting cell plasticity in the hair cell-damaged early postnatal murine cochlea. by Soumya Korrapati, Isabelle Roux, Elisabeth Glowatzki, Angelika Doetzlhofer

“…Lastly, we show that the vast majority of these newly generated hair cell-like cells express the outer hair cell specific motor protein prestin.…”
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