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Molecular Basis for Specific Regulation of Neuronal Kinesin-3 Motors by Doublecortin Family Proteins

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dc.contributor Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
dc.contributor Schubert, Christian R.
dc.contributor Stultz, Collin M.
dc.creator Liu, Judy S.
dc.creator Schubert, Christian R.
dc.creator Fu, Xiaoqin
dc.creator Fourniol, Franck J.
dc.creator Jaiswal, Jyoti K.
dc.creator Houdusse, Anne
dc.creator Stultz, Collin M.
dc.creator Moores, Carolyn A.
dc.creator Walsh, Christopher A.
dc.creator Schubert, Christian R.
dc.creator Stultz, Collin M.
dc.date 2013-11-18T16:06:49Z
dc.date 2013-11-18T16:06:49Z
dc.date 2012-07
dc.date 2012-05
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:10:52Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:10:52Z
dc.identifier 10972765
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82159
dc.identifier Liu, Judy S., Christian R. Schubert, Xiaoqin Fu, Franck J. Fourniol, Jyoti K. Jaiswal, Anne Houdusse, Collin M. Stultz, Carolyn A. Moores, and Christopher A. Walsh. “Molecular Basis for Specific Regulation of Neuronal Kinesin-3 Motors by Doublecortin Family Proteins.” Molecular Cell 47, no. 5 (September 2012): 707-721. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
dc.identifier https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-242X
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/279054
dc.description Doublecortin (Dcx) defines a growing family of microtubule (MT)-associated proteins (MAPs) involved in neuronal migration and process outgrowth. We show that Dcx is essential for the function of Kif1a, a kinesin-3 motor protein that traffics synaptic vesicles. Neurons lacking Dcx and/or its structurally conserved paralogue, doublecortin-like kinase 1 (Dclk1), show impaired Kif1a-mediated transport of Vamp2, a cargo of Kif1a, with decreased run length. Human disease-associated mutations in Dcx's linker sequence (e.g., W146C, K174E) alter Kif1a/Vamp2 transport by disrupting Dcx/Kif1a interactions without affecting Dcx MT binding. Dcx specifically enhances binding of the ADP-bound Kif1a motor domain to MTs. Cryo-electron microscopy and subnanometer-resolution image reconstruction reveal the kinesin-dependent conformational variability of MT-bound Dcx and suggest a model for MAP-motor crosstalk on MTs. Alteration of kinesin run length by MAPs represents a previously undiscovered mode of control of kinesin transport and provides a mechanism for regulation of MT-based transport by local signals.
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant NIH-P30-HD-18655)
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 2T32NS007473-11)
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 2T32NS007484-11)
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 1F32D070549-01)
dc.description National Science Foundation (U.S.) (CAREER Award)
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 5R21NS063185-02)
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.025
dc.relation Molecular Cell
dc.rights Article is available under a Creative Commons license.
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/
dc.source PMC
dc.title Molecular Basis for Specific Regulation of Neuronal Kinesin-3 Motors by Doublecortin Family Proteins
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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