An N-terminal truncation of the ncd motor protein supports diffusional movement of microtubules in motility assays.

Abstract:

:The nonclaret disjunctional (ncd) protein is a kinesin-related microtubule motor protein that is encoded at the claret locus in Drosophila and is required for proper chromosome distribution in meiosis and early mitosis. The protein contains a region with 41% amino acid sequence identity to kinesin heavy chain, but translocates on microtubules with the opposite polarity to kinesin, toward microtubule minus ends. The overall structure of ncd also differs from kinesin heavy chain, in that the proposed motor domain is present at the C terminus of the molecule instead of the N terminus, as in kinesin heavy chain. In studies to define the molecular determinants of ncd function, we constructed and expressed a protein with a deletion of the N-terminal 208 amino acids of the non-motor region. Analysis of the truncated protein shows that the protein exhibits microtubule-stimulated Mg(2+)-ATPase activity and binds microtubules in pelleting assays. In contrast to near full-length ncd, the truncated protein does not support directional movement of microtubules in in vitro motility assays. Instead, microtubules show nucleotide-sensitive binding to the truncated protein on glass surfaces and bound microtubules exhibit one-dimensional diffusional movement that is constrained to their longitudinal axis. The diffusional movement reveals a weak binding state of the ncd motor that may represent a mechanochemical intermediate in its ATP hydrolysis cycle. If diffusional movement is a characteristic intrinsic to the claret motor, it is likely to be important in the in vivo function of the protein.

journal_name

J Cell Sci

journal_title

Journal of cell science

authors

Chandra R,Endow SA,Salmon ED

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-03-01 00:00:00

pages

899-906

eissn

0021-9533

issn

1477-9137

journal_volume

104 ( Pt 3)

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