How fricking cool is this....... It's a motor that's molecular
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Yes, biological nanomachinery is incredible. Here are some other examples:
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Most motor proteins are powered by the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP. ATP synthase from ADP and flagella are powered by a proton gradient.
ATP synthase - Wikipedia
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Motor protein - Wikipedia
Most motor proteins are powered by the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP. ATP synthase from ADP and flagella are powered by a proton gradient.
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Yes, biological nanomachinery is incredible. Here are some other examples:
ATP synthase - Wikipedia
Kinesin - Wikipedia
Dynein - Wikipedia
Ribosome - Wikipedia
Motor protein - Wikipedia
Most motor proteins are powered by the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP. ATP synthase from ADP and flagella are powered by a proton gradient.
That's some cool shit
Don't forget proton pumps
There are something like ten different types, driven by electron transport, ATP, light or pyrophosphate, and they seem to have evolved independently more than once. I have no idea which sort came first, but the establishment of a proton gradient across a membrane is obviously fundamental to terrestrial biology.
What are you rabbiting on about?
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