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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Micron-scale protein transport along microtubules by kinesin-driven shepherding.

Leila Farhadi, Shane A Fiorenza, Sithara Wijeratne, Konstantinos Nakos, Yang Yue, Morgan Pimm, Jakia Keya, Kristen Verhey, Radhika Subramanian, Meredith D Betterton

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Leila FarhadiMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Shane A FiorenzaUniversity of Colorado Boulder.ORCID 0000-0002-3844-2352
Sithara WijeratneMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Konstantinos NakosMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Yang YueUniversity of Michigan.
Morgan PimmUniversity of Michigan.
Jakia KeyaUniversity of Michigan.
Kristen VerheyUniversity of Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-9329-4981
Radhika SubramanianMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Meredith D BettertonUniversity of Colorado Boulder.ORCID 0000-0002-5430-5518

Funding

Mechanisms of Kinesin-5 Motors in Mitotic Spindle AssemblyR01GM124371 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BETTERTON, MEREDITH · 2018 to 2021
$1.3M
Mechanisms of spindle organization for cell divisionR01GM155215 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SUBRAMANIAN, RADHIKA · 2024 to 2025
$794k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124371NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM155215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubule-based long-distance transport in eukaryotic cells typically involves the binding of cargo to motors such as highly processive kinesins for unidirectional transport. An open question is whether long-distance transport can occur by mechanisms that do not require specific motor-cargo interactions and high processivity. In addition to conventional cargo such as vesicles, kinesin also shuttles non-motor microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) to microtubule ends. Computational modeling of a system of a motor and a MAP that do not bind directly with one another unexpectedly revealed the redistribution of the MAP to microtubule plus ends, suggesting an unconventional mode of protein transport. We recapitulated this phenomenon experimentally in a minimal

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