This study details purification of KIF1A(1-393LZ), a member of kinesin-3 family, using Sf9-baculovirus expression system. In vitro single-molecule and multi-motor gliding analysis of these purified motors exhibited robust motility properties comparable to motors from mammalian cell lysate. Thus, Sf9-baculovirus system is amenable to express and purify motor protein of interest.
Soppina, P., Shewale, D. J., Naik, P. K., Soppina, V. Single-Molecule Analysis of Sf9 Purified Superprocessive Kinesin-3 Family Motors. J. Vis. Exp. (185), e63837, doi:10.3791/63837 (2022).