Yeast Kar3 is a minus-end microtubule motor protein that destabilizes microtubules preferentially at the minus ends.
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Cik1 Targets the Minus-End Kinesin Depolymerase Kar3 to Microtubule Plus Ends
Kar3, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kinesin-14, is essential for karyogamy and meiosis I but also has specific functions during vegetative growth. For its various roles, Kar3 forms a heterodimer with either Cik1 or Vik1, both of which are noncatalytic polypeptides. Here, we present the first biochemical characterization of Kar3Cik1, the kinesin motor that is essential for karyogamy. Kar3Cik1 depol...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0261-4189
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06561.x