TY - JOUR
T1 - Microtubule movement by a biotinated kinesin bound to a streptavidin-coated surface
AU - Berliner, Elise
AU - Mahtani, Hansraj K.
AU - Karki, Sher
AU - Chu, Lawrence F.
AU - Cronan, John E.
AU - Gelles, Jeff
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994/3/18
Y1 - 1994/3/18
N2 - Kinesin, an ATP-dependent microtubule motor, can be studied in vitro in motility assays where the kinesin is nonspecifically adsorbed to a surface. However, adsorption can inactivate kinesin and may alter its reaction kinetics. We therefore prepared a biotinated kinesin derivative, K612-BIO, and characterized its activity in solution and when bound to streptavidin-coated surfaces. K612-BIO consists of the N-terminal 612 amino acids of the Drosophila kinesin α subunit linked to the 87-amino acid C-terminal domain of the biotin carboxyl carrier protein subunit of Escherichia coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase. The C-terminal domain directs the efficient posttranslational biotination of the protein. We expressed K612-BIO at high levels using the baculovirus expression vector system and purified it to near-homogeneity. The expressed protein is completely soluble, and >90% is bound by streptavidin. K612-BIO steady-state ATPase kinetics (KM,ATP = 24 μM, K0.5,microtubule = 0.61 mg ml-1, Vmax = ∼25 s-1 head-1, 25 °C) are similar to those reported for intact kinesin. ATPase kinetics are not affected by the addition of streptavidin. Enzyme bound to a surface coated with streptavidin drove microtubule gliding in the presence of 2 mM ATP at 750 ± 130 nm s-1 (26 °C). Activity was abolished by pretreatment of the surface with biotin, indicating that the microtubule movements are due to specifically bound enzyme. Motility assays based on specific attachment of biotinated enzyme to streptavidin-coated surfaces will be useful for quantitative analysis of kinesin motility and may provide a way to detect activity in kinesin derivatives or kinesin-like proteins that have not yet been shown to move microtubules.
AB - Kinesin, an ATP-dependent microtubule motor, can be studied in vitro in motility assays where the kinesin is nonspecifically adsorbed to a surface. However, adsorption can inactivate kinesin and may alter its reaction kinetics. We therefore prepared a biotinated kinesin derivative, K612-BIO, and characterized its activity in solution and when bound to streptavidin-coated surfaces. K612-BIO consists of the N-terminal 612 amino acids of the Drosophila kinesin α subunit linked to the 87-amino acid C-terminal domain of the biotin carboxyl carrier protein subunit of Escherichia coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase. The C-terminal domain directs the efficient posttranslational biotination of the protein. We expressed K612-BIO at high levels using the baculovirus expression vector system and purified it to near-homogeneity. The expressed protein is completely soluble, and >90% is bound by streptavidin. K612-BIO steady-state ATPase kinetics (KM,ATP = 24 μM, K0.5,microtubule = 0.61 mg ml-1, Vmax = ∼25 s-1 head-1, 25 °C) are similar to those reported for intact kinesin. ATPase kinetics are not affected by the addition of streptavidin. Enzyme bound to a surface coated with streptavidin drove microtubule gliding in the presence of 2 mM ATP at 750 ± 130 nm s-1 (26 °C). Activity was abolished by pretreatment of the surface with biotin, indicating that the microtubule movements are due to specifically bound enzyme. Motility assays based on specific attachment of biotinated enzyme to streptavidin-coated surfaces will be useful for quantitative analysis of kinesin motility and may provide a way to detect activity in kinesin derivatives or kinesin-like proteins that have not yet been shown to move microtubules.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37238-1
DO - 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37238-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 8132586
AN - SCOPUS:0028346443
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 269
SP - 8610
EP - 8615
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 11
ER -