Kinesins are a superfamily of molecular motors that generate force and/or motility along microtubule ... Some kinesin motors (Kinesin-8 and Kinesin-14 families) can both walk along and destabilize ...

However, this system can be tailored in vitro (in a lab) to generate completely different motion. As seen in this video, instead of the kinesin protein “walking” along the microtubules, the “motors” ...

With this strategy, Hell’s team fluorescently tagged and tracked a motor protein called kinesin as it performed its signature walk down the length of a microtubule. Kinesin is a vital player in ...