Scientists map kinesin-2 tail structure to understand cargo binding

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For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule “highways” inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo remained a mystery. The new study provides a key piece of this puzzle by revealing the atomic-level structure of the kinesin-2 tail and its interaction with cargo and adaptor proteins.

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