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If you think that’s cool you might also like to see the motor proteins that walk along inside our cells. There are a few types including the ones that make musc
by dopylitty 5y ago
If you think that’s cool you might also like to see the motor proteins that walk along inside our cells. There are a few types including the ones that make muscles work.
Kinesin is fun because it has little legs made of proteins. It gloms onto big bubbles of stuff inside the cell and carries them along pathways to their destination. Chemical reactions cause the proteins to fold in the right way to take each step.
This shows how they look.
https://youtu.be/y-uuk4Pr2i8 https://youtu.be/y-uuk4Pr2i8
This explains the mechanisms that they use to walk.
https://youtu.be/9RUHJhskW00 https://youtu.be/9RUHJhskW00