Dynein swings into action

Anne Houdusse; Andrew P Carter

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.026

Dynein swings into action

Cell. 2009 Feb 6;136(3):395-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.026.

Authors

Anne Houdusse¹, Andrew P Carter

Affiliation

¹ Structural Motility Team, Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris, France.

PMID: 19203573
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.026

Abstract

Motor proteins, such as dynein, use chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis to move along the cytoskeleton. Roberts et al. (2009) now describe the arrangement of subdomains in the motor domain of dynein and propose a model for how these regions function together in force generation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Dictyostelium / metabolism*
Dictyostelium / ultrastructure
Dyneins / metabolism*
Dyneins / ultrastructure
Microtubules / metabolism
Models, Biological
Protozoan Proteins / metabolism
Protozoan Proteins / ultrastructure

Substances

Protozoan Proteins
Dyneins