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Kinesin

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A kinesin is a protein belonging to a class of motor proteins found in eukaryotic cells. [1]

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Adenosine diphosphate

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), also known as adenosine pyrophosphate (APP), is an important organic compound in metabolism and is essential to the flow of energy in living cells.

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Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a complex organic chemical that participates in many processes.

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Alex Mogilner

Alex Mogilner is an American professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Biology at New York University.

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Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana, the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small flowering plant native to Eurasia and Africa.

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ATPase

ATPases (adenylpyrophosphatase, ATP monophosphatase, triphosphatase, SV40 T-antigen, adenosine 5'-triphosphatase, ATP hydrolase, complex V (mitochondrial electron transport), (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase, HCO3−-ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase) are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP and a free phosphate ion.

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Axonal transport

Axonal transport, also called axoplasmic transport or axoplasmic flow, is a cellular process responsible for movement of mitochondria, lipids, synaptic vesicles, proteins, and other cell parts (i.e. organelles) to and from a neuron's cell body, through the cytoplasm of its axon (the axoplasm).

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Binding site

In biochemistry, a binding site is a region on a protein or piece of DNA or RNA to which ligands (specific molecules and/or ions) may form a chemical bond.

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Biogenesis

Biogenesis is the production of new living organisms or organelles.

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Brownian motion

Brownian motion or pedesis (from πήδησις "leaping") is the random motion of particles suspended in a fluid (a liquid or a gas) resulting from their collision with the fast-moving molecules in the fluid.

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C-terminus

The C-terminus (also known as the carboxyl-terminus, carboxy-terminus, C-terminal tail, C-terminal end, or COOH-terminus) is the end of an amino acid chain (protein or polypeptide), terminated by a free carboxyl group (-COOH).

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Cilium

A cilium (the plural is cilia) is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells.

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Coiled coil

A coiled coil is a structural motif in proteins in which 2–7 alpha-helices are coiled together like the strands of a rope (dimers and trimers are the most common types).

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Cytosol

The cytosol, also known as intracellular fluid (ICF) or cytoplasmic matrix, is the liquid found inside cells.

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Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae.

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Dynein

Dynein is a family of cytoskeletal motor proteins that move along microtubules in cells.

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Eukaryote

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).

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G protein

G proteins, also known as guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, are a family of proteins that act as molecular switches inside cells, and are involved in transmitting signals from a variety of stimuli outside a cell to its interior.

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Glucose

Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6.

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Guanosine triphosphate

Guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP) is a purine nucleoside triphosphate.

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Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is a term used for both an electro-chemical process and a biological one.

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Intraflagellar transport

Intraflagellar transport or IFT is a bidirectional motility along axonemal microtubules that is essential for the formation (ciliogenesis) and maintenance of most eukaryotic cilia and flagella.

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KIF13A

Kinesin-like protein KIF13A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF13A gene.

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KIF14

Kinesin-like protein KIF14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF14 gene.

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KIF15

Kinesin family member 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF15 gene.

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KIF16B

Kinesin family member 16B, also known as KIF16B, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the KIF16B gene.

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KIF17

Kinesin-like protein KIF17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF17 gene.

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KIF18A

Kinesin-like protein KIF18A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF18A gene.

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KIF1A

Kinesin-like protein KIF1A, also known as axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles or microtubule-based motor KIF1A, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1A gene.

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KIF1B

Kinesin-like protein KIF1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1B gene.

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KIF1C

Kinesin-like protein KIF1C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1C gene.

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KIF20A

Kinesin-like protein KIF20A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF20A gene.

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KIF21A

Kinesin-like protein KIF21A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF21A gene.

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KIF22

Kinesin-like protein KIF22 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF22 gene.

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KIF23

Kinesin-like protein KIF23 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF23 gene.

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KIF24

Kinesin-like protein KIF24 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF24 gene.

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KIF2A

Kinesin-like protein KIF2A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF2A gene.

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KIF2C

Kinesin-like protein KIF2C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF2C gene.

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KIF3A

Kinesin-like protein KIF3A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF3A gene.

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KIF3B

Kinesin-like protein KIF3B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF3B gene.

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KIF3C

Kinesin-like protein KIF3C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF3C gene.

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KIF4A

Chromosome-associated kinesin KIF4A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF4A gene.

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KIF5A

Kinesin heavy chain isoform 5A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF5A gene.

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KIF5B

Kinesin-1 heavy chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF5B gene.

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KIF5C

Kinesin heavy chain isoform 5C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF5C gene.

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KIF6

Kinesin family member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF6 gene.

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KIFC1

Kinesin-like protein KIFC1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIFC1 gene.

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KIFC3

Kinesin-like protein KIFC3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIFC3 gene.

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Kinesin 13

The Kinesin-13 Family are a subfamily of motor proteins known as kinesins.

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Kinesin 8

The Kinesin 8 Family are a subfamily of the molecular motor proteins known as kinesins.

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Kinesin family member 11

Kinesin-5 is a molecular motor protein that is essential in mitosis.

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KLC1

Kinesin light chain 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLC1 gene.

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KLC2

Kinesin light chain 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLC2 gene.

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KLC3

Kinesin light chain 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLC3 gene.

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KLC4

Kinesin light chain 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLC4 gene.

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KRP (biochemistry)

KRP stands for kinesin related proteins.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Meiosis

Meiosis (from Greek μείωσις, meiosis, which means lessening) is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell that gave rise to them.

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Microtubule

Microtubules are tubular polymers of tubulin that form part of the cytoskeleton that provides the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and some bacteria with structure and shape.

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Mitochondrion

The mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.

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Mitosis

In cell biology, mitosis is a part of the cell cycle when replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.

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Molecular motor

Molecular motors are biological molecular machines that are the essential agents of movement in living organisms.

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Motor protein

Motor proteins are a class of molecular motors that can move along the cytoplasm of animal cells.

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N-terminus

The N-terminus (also known as the amino-terminus, NH2-terminus, N-terminal end or amine-terminus) is the start of a protein or polypeptide referring to the free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein dimer

In biochemistry, a protein dimer is a macromolecular complex formed by two protein monomers, or single proteins, which are usually non-covalently bound.

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Protein trimer

In biochemistry, a protein trimer is a macromolecular complex formed by three, usually non-covalently bound, macromolecules like proteins or nucleic acids.

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Tetratricopeptide repeat

The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) is a structural motif.

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Transport by multiple-motor proteins

Transport by molecular motor proteins (Kinesin, Dynein and unconventional Myosin) is essential for cell functioning and survival.

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Vesicle (biology and chemistry)

In cell biology, a vesicle is a small structure within a cell, or extracellular, consisting of fluid enclosed by a lipid bilayer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesin

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