The first high resolution structures of the kinesin and NCD motor proteins reveal their surprising similarity to myosin but leave open the tantalizing question of what properties determine the directionality of movement along microtubules.
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Sakowicz, R., Goldstein, L. The muscle in kinesin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 404–407 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0596-404
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