Kinesin

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Function 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 Internet Database 6 References

More Specific Terms

• kinesin-1
• kinesin-2

Function

• kinesin directs plus-end or anterograde movement of vesicles along microtubules, whereas cytoplasmic dynein directs minus-end or retrograde transport

More General Terms

• adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase)
• guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)
• multisubunit protein
• microtubule-associated protein (MAP)

Additional Terms

• kinesin family protein

Internet Database

Prosite: [1]

References

1. Hollenbeck 'News & Views' Nature 347:229 1990
2. PROSITE [2]

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