The base simulation will allow researchers to test
more kinesins that move cargo from the nucleus to the outer limits of the cell and, eventually, dyneins, larger and more complex proteins that move cargo toward the center.
Lawrence Goldstein and his colleagues at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), reasoned that if they could find a molecule that halts
kinesin function, they could learn
more about when and how they work — and possibly design drugs to disable specific
kinesins.