PTHR46532

MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5

PANTHER entry
Member databasePANTHER
PANTHER typefamily

Description
Imported from IPR026983

Dyneins are described as motor proteins of eukaryotic cells, as they can convert energy derived from the hydrolysis of ATP to force and move along cytoskeletal polymers, such as microtubules. Dyneins generally contain one to three heavy chains, where each heavy chain consists of a C-terminal globular head, a flexible microtubule-binding stalk, and a flexible N-terminal tail known as the cargo-binding domain
[1]
. The two categories of dyneins are the axonemal dyneins, which produce the bending motions that propagate along cilia and flagella, and the cytosolic dyneins, which drive a variety of fundamental cellular processes including nuclear migration, organisation of the mitotic spindle, chromosome separation during mitosis, and the positioning and function of many intracellular organelles. Cytoplasmic dyneins contain several accessory subunits ranging from light to intermediate chains.

References
Imported from IPR026983

1.Recent progress in dynein structure and mechanism. Oiwa K, Sakakibara H. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 17, 98-103, (2005). View articlePMID: 15661525

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