In vitro analysis of KHC motility. (A) Diagram of in vitro motility experiment. mNG::KHC (red) and Halo::PLP584-1811 (green) were transfected into S2 cells. Cleared lysate was then flowed onto MTs (blue) for TIRF analysis. (B) Co-migration of mNG-KHC (green) with Halo-PLP584-1811 (red) on HiLyte-647 MTs (blue). (C) Velocities of KHC motors and PLP584-1811 cargos on MTs. Kinesin mean velocity = 202 (± 113, SD) nm/s (n = 1,051). PLP584-1811 mean velocity = 177 (± 115, SD) nm/s (n = 395). Mann-Whitney test P value = <0.0001, ****. (D) Characteristic run lengths of KHC motors and PLP584-1811 cargo. PLP584-1811 run length = 3.1 μm, (n = 1,051). KHC run length = 3.7 μm (n = 395). Mann-Whitney test P value = 0.08, ns. (E) Quantification of the landing rates of 25 nM KHC + LC with PLP584-1811 at indicated concentrations in comparison with that of 25 nM KHCΔh2 + LC. Error bars represent the SD of landing rates determined from three or four independent movies. For each condition, several thousand landing events were quantified on a total MT length of several millimeters. Unpaired, two tailed t test P value = <0.001 (**), KHCΔh2 + LC vs. KHC + LC + PLP (at varying concentrations). (F) Kymographs showing landing and movement of KHC on MTs in the absence and presence of PLP and compared with the activated KHCΔh2. (G) Steady-state ATPase activities of different Kinesin-1 constructs in the presence or absence of 2 μM PLP584-1811 as a function of MT concentration. Data were presented as mean ± SD and fitted with Michaelis-Menten kinetics. N = 3 independent titrations. (H) Steady-state analysis of Kinesin-1 to PLP binding affinity using biolayer interferometry (BLI). KHC, KHC + LC, or KHCΔh2 + LC were loaded onto the biosensors and exposed to WT PLP584-1811 or PLP584-1811PD mutant at the indicated concentrations. BLI signals at equilibrium were plotted against PLP concentrations, and dissociation constant (Kd) were determined by fitting the data with nonlinear regression single-site binding: WT PLP584-1811 vs. KHC, 4.4 μM; vs. KHC + LC, 1.7 μM; vs. KHCΔh2 + LC, 65 nM; PLPPD vs. KHCΔh2 + LC, 281 nM. (I) Kymograph analysis showing events of PLP584-1811 comigrating with KHCΔh2 + LC. (J) Diagram highlighting how the interaction between the motor domain and cargo binding tail could inhibit PLP interaction.