Distinct roles of two homologous kinesins in mammalian motile cilia
How do the two kinesin-9 members Kif6 and Kif9 function in mammalian cilia? Ou and colleagues discuss new work from Fang et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202312060) showing that Kif6 is an active motor while Kif9 serves as a stationary regulator, both of which are essential for cilia motility.
Authors
- Kaiming Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-4490)
- Guangshuo Ou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-7824)
- Ming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-2505)
Institutions
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research (US)
- Center for Life Sciences (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Cell Biology
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202409214
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.55