Molecular motor asymmetric stepping

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Cytoskeleton And Motility subtree

Kinesin/dynein/myosin take ATP-driven 8-36 nm steps with forward/backward bias set by load force F via p_+/p_- = exp(-Fd/k_BT); mean velocity v(F) and randomness r = 2D/(vd) follow from biased random walk on a tilted periodic potential…

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