title: Cloning and expression of kinesins from the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus.
abstract: The motor domain regions of three novel members of the kinesin superfamily TLKIF1, TLKIFC, and TLBIMC were identified in a thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus. Based on sequence similarity, they were classified as members of the known kinesin families Unc104/KIF1, KAR3, and BIMC. TLKIF1 was subsequently expressed in Escherichia coli. The expression level was high, and the protein was mostly soluble, easy to purify, and enzymatically active. TLKIF1 is a monomeric kinesin motor, which in a gliding motility assay displays a robust plus-directed microtubule movement up to 2 microm/s. The discovery of TLKIF1 also demonstrates that a family of kinesin motors not previously found in fungi may in fact be used in this group of organisms.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0683, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakowicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farlow
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C403758:TLBIMC protein, Thermomyces lanuginosus; C403756:TLKIF1 protein, Thermomyces lanuginosus; C403757:TLKIFC protein, Thermomyces lanuginosus; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D016547:Kinesins