Protein
Kinesin-like protein cut7
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Could be a spindle pole body motor. On transition from G2 to M phase of the cell cycle, the spindle pole body duplicates; the daughter pole bodies seed microtubules which interdigitate to form a short spindle that elongates to span the nucleus at metaphase. Mutations at cut7 block spindle formation.
Similarity
Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Kinesin family. BimC subfamily.
Sequence
MAPRVAPGGSQQFLGKQGLKAKNPVSTPNSHFRSASNPRKRREPPTIDTGYPDRSDTNSPTDHALHDENETNINVVVRVRGRTDQEVRDNSSLAVSTSGAMGAELAIQSDPSSMLVTKTYAFDKVFGPEADQLMLFENSVAPMLEQVLNGYNCTIFAYGQTGTGKTYTMSGDLSDSDGILSEGAGLIPRALYQLFSSLDNSNQEYAVKCSYYELYNEEIRDLLVSEELRKPARVFEDTSRRGNVVITGIEESYIKNAGDGLRLLREGSHRRQVAATKCNDLSSRSHSIFTITLHRKVSSGMTDETNSLTINNNSDDLLRASKLHMVDLAGSENIGRSGAENKRARETGMINQSLLTLGRVINALVEKAHHIPYRESKLTRLLQDSLGGKTKTSMIVTVSSTNTNLEETISTLEYAARAKSIRNKPQNNQLVFRKVLIKDLVLDIERLKNDLNATRKKNGVYLAESTYKELMDRVQNKDLLCQEQARKLEVLDLNVKSSREQLQYVSKSNQEHKKEVEALQLQLVNSSTELESVKSENEKLKNELVLEIEKRKKYETNEAKITTVATDLSQYYRESKEYIASLYEKLDRTERNNKENENNFWNLKFNLLTMLRSFHGSFTDETNGYFTLLNDFNASMEELLNTHSNQLLISMTKITEHFQSLDEALQSARSSCAVPNSSLDLIVSELKDSKNSLLDALEHSLQDISMSSQKLGNGISSELIELQKDMKESYRQLVQELRSLYNLQHTHEESQKELMYGVRNDIDALVKTCTTSLNDADIILSDYISDQKSKFESKQQDLIANIGKIVSNFLQEQNESLYTKADILHSHLNDTNSNIRKANEIMNNRSEEFLRNAASQAEIVGANKERIQKTVENGSQLLDSKSKAIHSNSRSMYDHCLALAESQKQGVNLEVQTLDRLLQKVKEHSEDNTKEKHQQLLDLLESLVGNNDNLIDSIKTPHTELQKITDHVLKGTTSLANHTNELLGLGDESLCNLETTIEDTSLVKLETTGDTPSKRELPATPSWTRDSSLIKETTNLNLDSDKKFVRETYTSSNQTNEPDVYDKPSNSSRTSLLRSSRSAYSKMKR