| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 50, Number 1, April I 2000
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| Page(s) | 120 - 124 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2000-00101-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Modeling molecular motors as folding-unfolding cycles
Niels Bohr Institute and NORDITA - Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
Received:
22
January
1999
Accepted:
27
January
2000
We propose a model for motor proteins based on a hierarchical Hamiltonian that we have previously introduced to describe protein folding. The proposed motor model has a power stroke of high efficiency and an overall dynamics that is consistent with a linear load-velocity response. The model suggests a connection between folding and function of allosteric proteins.
PACS: 87.15.He – Dynamics and conformal changes / 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion
© EDP Sciences, 2000
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