Kinesin-2 from C. reinhardtii Is an Atypically Fast and Auto-inhibited Motor that Is Activated by Heterotrimerization for Intraflagellar Transport (Current Biology)

Sonar et al. explain the mechanism of the atypically fast kinesin-2-driven intraflagellar transport in the unicellular green algae C. reinhardtii and provide a simple model of motor cooperation in distantly related uni- and multicellular organisms, which turn out to be remarkably similar.