Molecular mechanism for kinesin-1 direct membrane recognition

Zuriñe Antón, Johannes F Weijman, Christopher Williams, Edmund R R Moody, Judith Mantell, Yan Y Yip, Jessica A Cross, Tom A Williams, Roberto A Steiner, Matthew Crump, Derek N Woolfson, Mark P Dodding

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Abstract

The cargo-binding capabilities of cytoskeletal motor proteins have expanded during evolution through both gene duplication and alternative splicing. For the light chains of the kinesin-1 family of microtubule motors, this has resulted in an array of carboxyterminal domain sequences of unknown molecular function. Here, combining phylogenetic analyses with biophysical, biochemical and cell biology approaches we identify a highly conserved membrane-induced curvature-sensitive amphipathic helix within this region of a newly defined subset of long kinesin light chain paralogues and splice isoforms. This helix mediates the direct binding of kinesin-1 to lipid membranes. Membrane binding requires specific anionic phospholipids and is important for kinesin-1 dependent lysosome positioning, a canonical activity that until now has been attributed exclusively the recognition of organelle-associated cargo adaptor proteins. This leads us to propose a new protein-lipid coincidence detection framework for kinesin-1 mediated organelle transport.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbereabg6636
Number of pages15
JournalScience Advances
Volume7
Issue number31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jul 2021

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Research Groups and Themes

  • BCS and TECS CDTs
  • Bristol BioDesign Institute
  • BrisSynBio

Keywords

  • synthetic biology

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