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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2023

The kinesin-5 tail and bipolar minifilament domains are the origin of its microtubule crosslinking and sliding activity.

Stanley Nithianantham, Malina K Iwanski, Ignas Gaska, Himanshu Pandey, Tatyana Bodrug, Sayaka Inagaki, Jennifer Major, Gary J Brouhard, Larissa Gheber, Steven S Rosenfeld and 3 more

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microtubule Engagement by the WD40-Containing Tail of Kinesin-4 KIF21B.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Mechanism and regulation of kinesin motors.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Stanley NithiananthamDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Malina K IwanskiDepartments of Biology and Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1B1.
Ignas GaskaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180.
Himanshu PandeyDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Tatyana BodrugDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Sayaka InagakiDepartment of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224.
Jennifer MajorDepartment of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224.
Gary J BrouhardDepartments of Biology and Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1B1.
Larissa GheberDepartment of Chemistry, The Ben Gurion University, Ber Sheva, Israel.
Steven S RosenfeldDepartment of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224.
Scott ForthDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180.ORCID 0000-0002-2630-8017
Adam G HendricksDepartments of Biology and Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1B1.ORCID 0000-0003-3635-1577
Jawdat Al-BassamDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0001-6625-2102
University of California, Davis · USMcGill University · CAWinnMed · USRensselaer Polytechnic Institute · USBen-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

Funding

Mechanisms of Processivity in Molecular MotorsR01GM102875 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI YI, QING · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kinesin-5 crosslinks and slides apart microtubules to assemble, elongate, and maintain the mitotic spindle. Kinesin-5 is a tetramer, where two N-terminal motor domains are positioned at each end of the motor, and the coiled-coil stalk domains are organized into a tetrameric bundle through the bipolar assembly (BASS) domain. To dissect the function of the individual structural elements of the motor, we constructed a minimal kinesin-5 tetramer (mini-tetramer). We determined the x-ray structure of the extended, 34-nm BASS domain. Guided by these structural studies, we generated active bipolar kinesin-5 mini-tetramer motors from

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KinesinsMicrotubulesAnimalsCluster AnalysisDrosophilaHumansSpindle ApparatusKinesins

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PMID37610838
PMCPMC10559304
OpenAlexW4386099926

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