I Giovannelli, A Higginbottom, J Kirby… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating and incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of upper and lower motor neurons. ALS …
L Soustelle, F Aimond, C López-Andrés… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. Recently, genome-wide association studies identified KIF5A as a new ALS …
J Nakano, K Chiba, S Niwa - Genes to Cells, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
KIF5A is a kinesin superfamily motor protein that transports various cargos in neurons. Mutations in Kif5a cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These ALS mutations …
Despite continuing progress in kinesin enzyme mechanochemistry and emerging understanding of the cargo recognition machinery, it is not known how these functions are …
A Cochard, A Safieddine, P Combe… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The localization of RNAs in cells is critical for many cellular processes. Whereas motor‐ driven transport of ribonucleoprotein (RNP) condensates plays a prominent role in RNA …
Accurate chromosome segregation during cell division relies on coordinated actions of microtubule (MT)-based motor proteins in the mitotic spindle. Kinesin-14 motors play vital …
K Chiba, S Niwa - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Kinesin-1, composed of kinesin heavy chain and kinesin light chain, is a founding member of kinesin superfamily and transports various neuronal cargos. Kinesin-1 is one of the most …
RNA binding proteins (RBPs) act as critical facilitators of spatially regulated gene expression. Muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins, implicated in myotonic dystrophy and cancer …
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is regarded as a fatal neurodegenerative disease that is featured by progressive damage of the upper and lower motor neurons. To date, over 45 …