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Photoactivated Artificial Molecular Motors. [PDF]
JACS Au, 2023 Accurate control of long-range motion at the molecular scale holds great potential for the development of ground-breaking applications in energy storage and bionanotechnology.
Corra S, Curcio M, Credi A.
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Light-driven molecular motors embedded in covalent organic frameworks. [PDF]
Chem Sci, 2022 The incorporation of molecular machines into the backbone of porous framework structures will facilitate nano actuation, enhanced molecular transport, and other out-of-equilibrium host-guest phenomena in well-defined 3D solid materials.
Stähler C +9 more
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The classification and therapeutic applications of molecular motors
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, 2021 The molecular motors are protein molecules which can be teamed up to form the active mobile nanomachine with special functions. As a new type of therapeutic target different from normal enzymes or receptors, molecular motor plays a unique role in the ...
Mingyuan Li +10 more
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A new perspective on microtubule dynamics: destruction by molecular motors and self-repair
Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2021 Microtubules are dynamic polymers, permanently assembling and disassembling, that serve as tracks for intra-cellular transport by molecular motors. We recently found that the low energy of tubulin dimer interactions allows for spontaneous loss of tubulin
Triclin, Sarah +4 more
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Solvation Effects on the Thermal Helix Inversion of Molecular Motors from QM/MM Calculations
Chemistry, 2022 Molecular motors convert light and thermal energies into mechanical work, offering good opportunities to design novel molecular devices. Among them, molecular motors alternate a photoisomerization and a thermal helix inversion to achieve unidirectional ...
Jin Wen, Meifang Zhu, Leticia González
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Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2013 Synthetische moleculaire motoren zijn moleculaire motoren die kunnen roteren door invloed van een energetische stimulans; bij lichtaangedreven moleculaire rotoren is dit licht. Dit onderzoek richtte zich op synthetische lichtaangedreven éénrichtingsroterende moleculaire motoren gebaseerd op overpopulatie van alkenen die fotoisomerisaties ondergaan ...
Trybus, Kathleen M. +1 more
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Nature, 2023 AbstractMacroscopic electric motors continue to have a large impact on almost every aspect of modern society. Consequently, the effort towards developing molecular motors1–3 that can be driven by electricity could not be more timely. Here we describe an electric molecular motor based on a [3]catenane4,5, in which two cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)6 ...
Long Zhang +20 more
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The Mechanochemistry of Molecular Motors [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2000 A theory of molecular motors is presented that explains how the energy released in single chemical reactions can generate mechanical motion and force. In the simplest case the fluctuating movements of a motor enzyme are well described by a diffusion process on a two-dimensional potential energy surface, where one dimension is a chemical reaction ...
Keller, David, Bustamante, Carlos
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Force per cross-sectional area from molecules to muscles: a general property of biological motors [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 We propose to formally extend the notion of specific tension, i.e. force per cross-sectional area—classically used for muscles, to quantify forces in molecular motors exerting various biological functions.
Jean-Pierre Rospars +1 more
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Does the Actin Network Architecture Leverage Myosin-I Functions?
Biology, 2022 The actin cytoskeleton plays crucial roles in cell morphogenesis and functions. The main partners of cortical actin are molecular motors of the myosin superfamily.
Julien Pernier, Kristine Schauer
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