Term Information

Accession
GO:0005871
Name
kinesin complex
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
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Alternate IDs
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Definition
Any complex that includes a dimer of molecules from the kinesin superfamily, a group of related proteins that contain an extended region of predicted alpha-helical coiled coil in the main chain that likely produces dimerization. The native complexes of several kinesin family members have also been shown to contain additional peptides, often designated light chains as all of the noncatalytic subunits that are currently known are smaller than the chain that contains the motor unit. Kinesin complexes generally possess a force-generating enzymatic activity, or motor, which converts the free energy of the gamma phosphate bond of ATP into mechanical work. Source: http://www.proweb.org/kinesin//KinesinStructure.html, GOC:mah, http://www.proweb.org/kinesin//KinesinMotility.html
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0005871 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of kinesin complex (GO:0005871)
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kinesin complex [is_a relation] is_a  microtubule associated complex (GO:0005875)
Children of kinesin complex (GO:0005871)
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kinesin II complex (GO:0016939) [is_a relation] is_a  kinesin complex
minus-end kinesin complex (GO:0005872) [is_a relation] is_a  kinesin complex
plus-end kinesin complex (GO:0005873) [is_a relation] is_a  kinesin complex
kinesin I complex (GO:0016938) [is_a relation] is_a  kinesin complex
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