Thermal fluctuations biased for directional motion in molecular motors

@article{citeulike:3008726, abstract = {Recently developed single molecule measurements have demonstrated that the mechanisms for numerous protein functions involve thermal fluctuation, or Brownian motion. Protein interactions bias the random thermal noise in a manner such that the protein can perform its given functions. This phenomenon has been observed in molecular motor unidirectional movement where Brownian motion is used to preferentially bind the motor heads in one direction causing directional motility. This is analogous to that used by proteins in which spontaneous structural fluctuations are used to switch function. Seeing that two very different systems implement similar mechanisms suggests there exists a general scheme applied by diverse proteins that exploits thermal fluctuations in order to achieve their respective functions.}, author = {Ishii, Yoshiharu and Taniguchi, Yuichi and Iwaki, Mitsuhiro and Yanagida, Toshio }, booktitle = {Selected Papers presented at the International Conference "Collective Dynamics: Topics on Competition and Cooperation in the Biosciences - BIOCOMP2007}, citeulike-article-id = {3008726}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.04.015}, journal = {Biosystems}, keywords = {brownian\_motion, kinetics, ratchet, signaling, thermodynamics}, month = {}, number = {1-2}, pages = {34--38}, posted-at = {2008-07-16 16:25:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Thermal fluctuations biased for directional motion in molecular motors}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.04.015}, volume = {93}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3008726 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3008726 TI - Thermal fluctuations biased for directional motion in molecular motors T2 - Selected Papers presented at the International Conference "Collective Dynamics: Topics on Competition and Cooperation in the Biosciences - BIOCOMP2007 JF - Biosystems VL - 93 IS - 1-2 SP - 34 EP - 38 N2 - Recently developed single molecule measurements have demonstrated that the mechanisms for numerous protein functions involve thermal fluctuation, or Brownian motion. Protein interactions bias the random thermal noise in a manner such that the protein can perform its given functions. This phenomenon has been observed in molecular motor unidirectional movement where Brownian motion is used to preferentially bind the motor heads in one direction causing directional motility. This is analogous to that used by proteins in which spontaneous structural fluctuations are used to switch function. Seeing that two very different systems implement similar mechanisms suggests there exists a general scheme applied by diverse proteins that exploits thermal fluctuations in order to achieve their respective functions. KW - brownian_motion KW - kinetics KW - ratchet KW - signaling KW - thermodynamics AU - Ishii, Yoshiharu AU - Taniguchi, Yuichi AU - Iwaki, Mitsuhiro AU - Yanagida, Toshio PY - 2008/0// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.04.015 ER -