Multiple choice

Which a microtubule motor protein carries membrane enclosed organelles toward the plus end of microtubules?

  1. Cytoplasmic dyneins

  2. Axonemal Dyneins

  3. Kinesin

  4. Myosin
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Explanation

Kinesin are plus end directed microtubule protein that uses a microtubule track along which it tends to walk. They are vital to movement of chromosomes during mitosis and are also responsible for shuttling membrane bound organelles (mitochondria, Golgi bodies, and vesicles within eukaryotic cells. 

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