Hannah R. Belsham
A synthetic ancestral kinesin-13 depolymerizes microtubules faster than any natural depolymerizing kinesin
Belsham, Hannah R.; Alghamdi, Hanan M.; Dave, Nikita; Rathbone, Alexandra J.; Wickstead, Bill; Friel, Claire T.
Authors
Hanan M. Alghamdi
Nikita Dave
Alexandra J. Rathbone
BILL WICKSTEAD bill.wickstead@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
CLAIRE FRIEL Claire.Friel@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
The activity of a kinesin is largely determined by the approximately 350 residue motor domain, and this region alone is sufficient to classify a kinesin as a member of a particular family. The kinesin-13 family are a group of microtubule depolymerizing kinesins and are vital regulators of microtubule length. Kinesin-13s are critical to spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in both mitotic and meiotic cell division and play crucial roles in cilium length control and neuronal development. To better understand the evolution of microtubule depolymerization activity, we created a synthetic ancestral kinesin-13 motor domain. This phylogenetically inferred ancestral motor domain is the sequence predicted to have existed in the common ancestor of the kinesin-13 family. Here we show that the ancestral kinesin-13 motor depolymerizes stabilized microtubules faster than any previously tested depolymerase. This potent activity is more than an order of magnitude faster than the most highly studied kinesin-13, MCAK and allows the ancestral kinesin-13 to depolymerize doubly stabilized microtubules and cause internal breaks within microtubules. These data suggest that the ancestor of the kinesin-13 family was a ‘super depolymerizer’ and that members of the kinesin-13 family have evolved away from this extreme depolymerizing activity to provide more controlled microtubule depolymerization activity in extant cells.
Citation
Belsham, H. R., Alghamdi, H. M., Dave, N., Rathbone, A. J., Wickstead, B., & Friel, C. T. (2022). A synthetic ancestral kinesin-13 depolymerizes microtubules faster than any natural depolymerizing kinesin. Open Biology, 12(8), Article 220133. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220133
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 8, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 31, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-08 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 14, 2024 |
Journal | Open Biology |
Publisher | The Royal Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 8 |
Article Number | 220133 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220133 |
Keywords | General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology; General Neuroscience |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/10638241 |
Publisher URL | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.220133 |
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