BIOLOGICAL MOTORS - ENERGY-STORAGE IN MYOSIN MOLECULES

Authors
HUXLEY AF
Citation
Af. Huxley, BIOLOGICAL MOTORS - ENERGY-STORAGE IN MYOSIN MOLECULES, Current biology, 8(14), 1998, pp. 485-488
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
14
Year of publication
1998
Pages
485 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1998)8:14<485:BM-EIM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A recent experiment of exceptional complexity has shown that a myosin may lose its ATP but store the energy from it and attach to actin and perform a working stroke several hundred milliseconds later.