title: Mechanisms for regulation of plant kinesins.
abstract: Throughout the eukaryotic world, kinesins serve as molecular motors for the directional transport of cellular cargo along microtubule tracks. Plants contain a large number of kinesins that have conserved as well as specialized functions. These functions depend on mechanisms that regulate when, where and what kinesins transport. In this review, we highlight recent studies that have revealed conserved modes of regulation between plant kinesins and their non-photosynthetic counterparts. These findings lay the groundwork for understanding how plant kinesins are differentially engaged in various cellular processes that underlie plant growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States.
authors.forename: Anindya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dixit
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D010940:Plant Proteins; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D016547:Kinesins; D002118:Calcium