Kinesin’s backsteps under mechanical load
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Kinesin's backsteps under mechanical load.
Kinesins move processively toward the plus end of microtubules by hydrolyzing ATP for each step. From an enzymatic perspective, the mechanism of mechanical motion coupled to the nucleotide chemistry is often well explained using a single-loop cyclic reaction. However, several difficulties arise in interpreting kinesin's backstepping within this framework, especially when external forces oppose ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1463-9076,1463-9084
DOI: 10.1039/b903536b