Comprehensive comparative analysis of kinesins in photosynthetic eukaryotes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kinesins, a superfamily of molecular motors, use microtubules as tracks and transport diverse cellular cargoes. All kinesins contain a highly conserved approximately 350 amino acid motor domain. Previous analysis of the completed genome sequence of one flowering plant (Arabidopsis) has resulted in identification of 61 kinesins. The recent completion of genome sequencing of several photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic eukaryotes that belong to divergent lineages offers a unique opportunity to conduct a comprehensive comparative analysis of kinesins in plant and non-plant systems and infer their evolutionary relationships.

Results

We used the kinesin motor domain to identify kinesins in the completed genome sequences of 19 species, including 13 newly sequenced geno

SUBMITTER: Richardson DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1434745 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature