GO_term: GO:0005871   

GO:0005871	Definition	Any complex that includes a dimer of molecules from the kinesin superfamily, a group of related proteins that contain an extended region of predicted alpha-helical coiled coil in the main chain that likely produces dimerization. The native complexes of several kinesin family members have also been shown to contain additional peptides, often designated light chains as all of the noncatalytic subunits that are currently known are smaller than the chain that contains the motor unit. Kinesin complexes generally possess a force-generating enzymatic activity, or motor, which converts the free energy of the gamma phosphate bond of ATP into mechanical work.
	Term	kinesin complex
	Type	Cellular_component
	Child	Instance	GO:0016938
			GO:0016939
			GO:0005872
			GO:0005873
	Parent	Instance_of	GO:0005875
	Attributes_of (4)

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