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Dimerization properties of a Xenopus laevis kinesin-II carboxy-terminal stalk fragment.
De Marco V
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De Marco A
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Goldie KN
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Correia JJ
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Hoenger A
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We have analysed the structural and physical properties of the carboxy-terminal stalk region of a kinesin-II, Xenopus kinesin-like protein 3A/B (Xklp3A/B), which we showed to be essential for heterodimerization in a previous work (De Marco et al., 2001). We expressed the corresponding A-stalk and B-stalk fragments and investigated their modes of interaction by analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), circular dichroism spectroscopy, denaturation assays and electron microscopy. Co-expression of the A-stalk and B-stalk produced the properly folded, hetero-dimeric coiled coil at high yields. The dimeric nature of the complex was confirmed by AUC. We also found that the isolated A-stalk fragment forms a stable helix by itself and shows a significant tendency towards homodimer and higher-order complex formation. In the absence of the corresponding A-stalk fragment, the isolated B-stalk fragment remains partially unfolded, which suggests that the A-stalk provides a template structure for the B-stalk in order to recompose the complete heterodimeric coiled coil.
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