title: Molecular characterization of a cytoplasmic dynein from Dictyostelium.
abstract: Cytoplasmic dynein is a high molecular weight, microtubule-based mechanochemical ATPase that is believed to provide motive force for a number of intracellular motilities, including transport of membrane-bound organelles. Cytoplasmic dynein also localizes to the mitotic spindles of some organisms and to the kinetochore regions of some condensed chromosomes, where it may play an active role in spindle assembly, spindle position, and/or chromosome movement during cell division. Despite active research efforts from a number of laboratories, little detail is yet available about dynein-based cellular activities. This paper describes our efforts to characterize cytoplasmic dynein from Dictyostelium and to use this protist as a molecular genetic factory to probe structure-function relationships of this molecule.
authors.affiliation: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Koonce
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Grissom
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McIntosh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004398:Dyneins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics*; D017125:Genes, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins