Kinesore is a cell penetrant and potent activator of kinesin-1 that induces kinesin light chain tetratricopeptide repeat domain-dependent kinesin-1 activation in the absence of organelle cargo-adaptor engagement. It inhibits kinesin-1 interaction with peptide fragment of organelle-specific cargo adaptors. Kinesore induces kinesin light chain conformational switch that causes remodeling of the microtubule network in cells.
cell penetrant and potent activator of kinesin-1 that causes remodeling of the microtubule network in cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(52), 13738-13743 (2017-12-13)
The microtubule motor kinesin-1 interacts via its cargo-binding domain with both microtubules and organelles, and hence plays an important role in controlling organelle transport and microtubule dynamics. In the absence of cargo, kinesin-1 is found in an autoinhibited conformation. The
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