Some kinesin motors (Kinesin-8 and Kinesin-14 families) can both walk along and destabilize microtubules ... end-directed transport by cytoplasmic dynein 158. Lipid droplets are energy storage ...

Within a cell, microtubules span from the nucleus to the cell membrane, and the motor protein kinesin “walks” along them, carrying cargo from one area of the cell to another. However, this system can ...