A common mechanism for microtubule destabilizers-M type kinesins stabilize curling of the protofilament using the class-specific neck and loops.
Ogawa, T., Nitta, R., Okada, Y., Hirokawa, N.(2004) Cell 116: 591-602
- PubMed: 14980225 
- DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00129-1
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1V8J, 1V8K - PubMed Abstract: 
Unlike other kinesins, middle motor domain-type kinesins depolymerize the microtubule from its ends. To elucidate its mechanism, we solved the X-ray crystallographic structure of KIF2C, a murine member of this family. Three major class-specific features were identified ...