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A microtubule&nbsp;[[Motor protein|motor protein]] first discovered in the giant [[Axon|axon]] of the quid, kinesins hydrolyse [[ATP|ATP]] to produce energy to move membrane-bound [[Organelles|organelles]] along microtubules. Kinesins carry the membrane-bound organelles away from the neuronal cell body and towards the [[Axon terminal|axon terminal]]. This movement is towards the positive end of the microtubule unlike [[Dyneins|dyneins]], another type of [[Microtubules|microtubule]] motor protein which carry membrane bound organelles towards the negative end of microtubules <ref>Alberts B., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walter P. (2008)  "Molecular Biology of the Cell, Page 1014 " 5th edition, New York, Garland Science</ref>. &nbsp; 

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