Plus-end-directed kinesin ATPase

Plus-end-directed kinesin ATPase
Identifiers
EC number 3.6.4.4
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Plus-end-directed kinesin ATPase (EC 3.6.4.4, kinesin) is an enzyme with systematic name kinesin ATP phosphohydrolase (plus-end-directed).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + H2O ADP + phosphate

This enzyme also hydrolyses GTP.

References

  1. Vale, R.D.; Reese, T.S.; Sheetz, M.P. (1985). "Identification of a novel force-generating protein, kinesin, in microtubule-based motility". Cell. 42: 39–50. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(85)80099-4. PMC 2851632Freely accessible. PMID 3926325.
  2. Howard, J. (1997). "Molecular motors: structural adaptations to cellular functions". Nature. 389 (6651): 561–567. doi:10.1038/39247. PMID 9335494.
  3. Nakagawa, T.; Tanaka, Y.; Matsuoka, E.; Kondo, S.; Okada, Y.; Noda, F.; Kanai, Y.; Hirokawa, N. (1997). "Identification and classification of 16 new kinesin superfamily (KIF) proteins in mouse genome". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94 (18): 9654–9659. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.18.9654. PMC 23244Freely accessible. PMID 9275178.

See also

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