Kinesin Motors in the Filamentous Basidiomycetes in Light of the Schizophyllum commune Genome.

ABSTRACT: Kinesins are essential motor molecules of the microtubule cytoskeleton. All eukaryotic organisms have several genes encoding kinesin proteins, which are necessary for various cell biological functions. During the vegetative growth of filamentous basidiomycetes, the apical cells of long leading hyphae have microtubules extending toward the tip. The reciprocal exchange and migration of nuclei between haploid hyphae at mating is also dependent on cytoskeletal structures, including the microtubules and their motor molecules. In dikaryotic hyphae, resulting from a compatible mating, the nuclear location, synchronous nuclear division, and extensive nuclear separation at telophase are microtubule-dependent processes that involve unidentified molecular motors. The genome of Schizophyllum commune i

SUBMITTER: Raudaskoski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8950801 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature