The kinesin motor proteins include at least two forms of conventional kinesin encoded by different genes and designated as ubiquitous kinesin, which is expressed in all cells and tissues, or neuronal kinesin, which is expressed exclusively in neural cells. Kinesin is a microtubule associated protein comprised of three different structural domains. A considerable globular N-terminal domain regulates the hydrolysis of ATP and also microtubule binding while central coiled-coil domains promote heavy chain dimerization.
