It literally walks along the surface of the microtubules, lurching forward step by step. Kinesin gets its energy from a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Every step forward requires ...

Kinesin is a vital player in transporting cargo, like neurotransmitter-filled vesicles, along the microtubule rails that span our cells. Fueled by the splitting of ATP, kinesin moves by “stepping” ...

total adenosine concentration (ATP plus ADP) is kept constant for each sample while the percentage of ADP in each sample is changed (Fig. 1b). Human Eg5, a member of the kinesin super family ...

and cell biological mechanisms of the cytoskeletal molecular motors dynein and kinesin. The group studies these molecular machines in two ways: 1) at the level of individual motors to better ...