Molecular motor - Wikipedia
WEBMolecular motors are natural (biological) or artificial molecular machines that are the essential agents of movement in living organisms.
Introduction: Molecular Motors | Chemical Reviews - ACS Publications
WEBJan 8, 2020 · Molecular motors, an important class of molecular machines, harness various energy sources to generate unidirectional mechanical motion. The operational principles of these motors, whether biological or synthetic, are distinct from those of man-made macroscopic motors.
Molecular motors - Nature
WEBApr 17, 2003 · Molecular motors are amazing biological machines that are responsible for most forms of movement we encounter in the cellular world. Three types of cytoplasmic motors are known: myosins, which...
Molecular Motors - Molecular Biology of the Cell - NCBI Bookshelf
WEBPerhaps the most fascinating proteins that associate with the cytoskeleton are the molecular motors called motor proteins. These remarkable proteins bind to a polarized cytoskeletal filament and use the energy derived from repeated cycles of ATP hydrolysis to move steadily along it.
Molecular machines and motors - Latest research and news
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Molecular motors, also called molecular machines, are either natural or synthetic molecules that convert chemical energy into mechanical forces and motion. An example of a biological motor is...
Molecular Motor - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBA molecular motor is a machine that converts chemical or electrical energy to mechanical work. It works at the level of thermal energy, k B T (∼4×10 −21 J), where k B is Boltzmann’s constant and T the absolute temperature (see Appendix).
An electric molecular motor - Nature
WEBJan 11, 2023 · This electrically driven molecular motor exhibits several attractive features that are expected to play an important role in the subsequent development of artificial molecular machines.
WEBJan 8, 2020 · In biological systems, molecular motors made of proteins and nucleic acids are ubiquitous, and commonly use the chemical energy of ATP or the electrochemical potential of protons across the cell membrane (the …
Molecular motors: Current Biology - Cell Press
WEBMar 1, 2000 · Molecular motors are responsible for almost all biologically interesting motion. They support efficient, sustained, directional motility of cellular components within cells, of entire cells over surfaces and of entire organisms.
Molecular Motors - SpringerLink
WEBMolecular motors are enzymes that transform chemical energy into mechanical work. In the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, three different classes of motors that generate linear movement are known to exist – myosin, kinesin and dynein. Figure 1 shows prototypical representatives of these motor classes.
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