title: Microtubules: Kar3 eats up the track.
abstract: Molecular motors are quintessential bio-machines found throughout phylogeny. A new application of in vitro assays highlights an unexpected dual functionality for the motor domain of the microtubule-based kinesin-14 type motor protein from budding yeast.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Dept of Cell and Molecular Medicine, CMM East, Room 3071 G9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0653, USA.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Maddox
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004718:Saccharomycetales
chemical_list: C063504:KAR3 protein, S cerevisiae; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016547:Kinesins