Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Cryo-EM structure of a microtubule-bound parasite kinesin motor and implications for its mechanism and inhibition
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101063
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pf K5ΔL6-MD drives plus-end directed MT gliding and its MT interactions are nucleotide modulated. A , schematic of the Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP fusion protein used for TIRFM experiments, and SDS-PAGE of Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP after purification. ∗ indicates the band for Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP. B , Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP driven MT gliding velocity. Technical replicates = 75 ( circles ), experimental replicates = 5 ( triangles ), biological replicates = 3. The mean of experimental replicates (5.4 nm/s) and 95% confidence interval are plotted. Grayscale images on the right are snapshots of a single bright plus-end labeled MT over time. C , example kymographs from Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP single molecule MT-binding experiments, with each vertical white streak corresponding to a single Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP binding event. Concentrations refer to the amount of Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP required to see single molecule binding for each nucleotide. D , Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP MT association rates in different nucleotide states (NN = no nucleotide). For each nucleotide condition, technical replicates ( circles ) and experimental replicates ( triangles ) are plotted, in addition to the mean and 95% confidence interval of experimental replicates. Number of MTs = 34, 22, 46, 28, 29 for the background, ATP, ADP, no nucleotide, and AMPPNP states, respectively. E , frequency distribution of Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP MT dwell times, in different nucleotide states. Number of experimental replicates = 3; however, frequency distributions are calculated from pooled experimental data. Number of biological replicates = 2. The fit for one-phase exponential decay models is shown, with corresponding decay constant (k off ). Number of events = 1065, 1084, 1799, 1717 for ATP, ADP, no nucleotide, and AMPPNP states, respectively. F , mean MT association (k MTlanding ) as a function of MT dissociation (k off ), plotted with 95% confidence intervals.
Article Snippet: Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP was biotinylated or fluorescently labeled by overnight incubation at 4 °C with SNAP-Biotin or SNAP-Surface Alex Fluor 647 (New England BioLabs) with at least a 3:1 M excess of these labels to Pf K5ΔL6-MD-SNAP.
Techniques: SDS Page, Purification, Labeling, Binding Assay