Table 1.
Effect of kinesin-1 mutations on survival
Khc alleleDescriptionLethal stageaNotes
Control Knock-in of wild-type kinesin-1 sequence Not lethal  
Null Q65-stop, protein null Second instar Also known as Khc27 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
Loop 12 swap Loop 12 swapped for unc-104 loop 12 Not lethal Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
Loop 11 swap Loop 11 swapped for unc-104 loop 11 Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
β5-loop 8 swap β5-Loop 8 swapped for unc-104 β5-loop 8 Second instar Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
SKLA TERF in loop 8 swapped for equivalent unc-104 sequence Third instar  
SQLA TERF in loop 8 swapped for equivalent Khc-73 sequence Not lethal  
E177K Charge reversal mutation of E177 in β5-loop 8 Third instar E177K knock-in recapitulates mutation in Khc19 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
E177R Charge reversal mutation of E177 in β5-loop 8 Third instar  
E177A Alanine substitution of E177 in β5-loop 8 Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
S246F Mutation in loop 11 that disrupts ATP hydrolysis Pupae S246F knock-in recapitulates mutation in Khc17 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
E164K Mutation in β5-loop 8 that disrupts ATP hydrolysis Third instar Also known as Khc23 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
Δhinge2 Deletion of hinge 2 in stalk Third instar Disrupts autoinhibition, also known as KHCΔH2 (Barlan et al., 2013) 
R947E Charge-reversal mutation of R947 in the autoinhibitory IAK motif Third instar R947 and E177 form a salt bridge when the motor is autoinhibited (Kaan et al., 2011) 
P945S Mutation of P945S in the autoinhibitory IAK motif in the tail Third instar Also known as Khc22 (Moua et al., 2011), P945S interacts with F179 when the motor is autoinhibited (Kaan et al., 2011) 
K944E Charge-reversal mutation of K944 in the autoinhibitory IAK motif Third instar  
E177K, S246F Charge reversal mutation of E177 combined with S246 mutation that decreases ATP hydrolysis Pupae  
S181A, S182A Alanine substitution of serines adjacent to TERF motif Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
S181D, S182D Phosphomimetic mutation of serines adjacent to TERF motif Not lethal Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
Khc alleleDescriptionLethal stageaNotes
Control Knock-in of wild-type kinesin-1 sequence Not lethal  
Null Q65-stop, protein null Second instar Also known as Khc27 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
Loop 12 swap Loop 12 swapped for unc-104 loop 12 Not lethal Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
Loop 11 swap Loop 11 swapped for unc-104 loop 11 Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
β5-loop 8 swap β5-Loop 8 swapped for unc-104 β5-loop 8 Second instar Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
SKLA TERF in loop 8 swapped for equivalent unc-104 sequence Third instar  
SQLA TERF in loop 8 swapped for equivalent Khc-73 sequence Not lethal  
E177K Charge reversal mutation of E177 in β5-loop 8 Third instar E177K knock-in recapitulates mutation in Khc19 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
E177R Charge reversal mutation of E177 in β5-loop 8 Third instar  
E177A Alanine substitution of E177 in β5-loop 8 Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
S246F Mutation in loop 11 that disrupts ATP hydrolysis Pupae S246F knock-in recapitulates mutation in Khc17 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
E164K Mutation in β5-loop 8 that disrupts ATP hydrolysis Third instar Also known as Khc23 (Brendza et al., 1999) 
Δhinge2 Deletion of hinge 2 in stalk Third instar Disrupts autoinhibition, also known as KHCΔH2 (Barlan et al., 2013) 
R947E Charge-reversal mutation of R947 in the autoinhibitory IAK motif Third instar R947 and E177 form a salt bridge when the motor is autoinhibited (Kaan et al., 2011) 
P945S Mutation of P945S in the autoinhibitory IAK motif in the tail Third instar Also known as Khc22 (Moua et al., 2011), P945S interacts with F179 when the motor is autoinhibited (Kaan et al., 2011) 
K944E Charge-reversal mutation of K944 in the autoinhibitory IAK motif Third instar  
E177K, S246F Charge reversal mutation of E177 combined with S246 mutation that decreases ATP hydrolysis Pupae  
S181A, S182A Alanine substitution of serines adjacent to TERF motif Not lethal Not lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
S181D, S182D Phosphomimetic mutation of serines adjacent to TERF motif Not lethal Lethal in trans to Khc null allele 
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Stage of development when ≥75% of homozygous animals are dead.

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