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Fluctuation in the Sliding Movement of Kinesin-Driven Microtubules Is Regulated Using the Deep-Sea Osmolyte Trimethylamine N-Oxide

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Title: Fluctuation in the Sliding Movement of Kinesin-Driven Microtubules Is Regulated Using the Deep-Sea Osmolyte Trimethylamine N-Oxide
Authors: Kabir, Arif Md. Rashedul Browse this author
Munmun, Tasrina Browse this author
Sada, Kazuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Kakugo, Akira Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Issue Date: 7-Jun-2022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Journal Title: ACS Omega
Volume: 7
Issue: 22
Start Page: 18597
End Page: 18604
Publisher DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01228
Abstract: Nowadays, biomolecular motor-based miniaturized lab-on-a-chip devices have been attracting much attention for their wide range of nanotechnological applications. Most of the applications are dependent on the motor-driven active transportation of their associated filamentous proteins as shuttles. Fluctuation in the movement of the shuttles is a major contributor to the dispersion in motor-driven active transportation, which limits the efficiency of the miniaturized devices. In this work, by employing the biomolecular motor kinesin and its associated protein filament microtubule as a model active transport system, we demonstrate that the deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is useful in regulating the fluctuation in the motility of microtubule shuttles. We show that the motional diffusion coefficient, a measure of the fluctuation in the movement of the kinesin-propelled microtubules, gradually decreases upon increasing the concentration of TMAO in the transportation system. We have been able to reduce the motional diffusion coefficient of microtubules more than 200 times by employing TMAO at a concentration of 2 M. We also show that upon elimination of TMAO, the motional diffusion coefficient of microtubules can be restored, which confirms that TMAO can be used as a tool to reversibly regulate the fluctuation in the sliding movement of kinesin-propelled microtubule shuttles. Such reversible regulation of the dynamic behavior of the shuttles does not require sacrificing the concentration of fuel used for transportation. Our results confirm the ability to manipulate the nanoscale motion of biomolecular motor-driven active transporters in an artificial environment. This work is expected to further enhance the tunability of biomolecular motor functions, which, in turn, will foster their nanotechnological applications based on active transportation.
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/86479
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