As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural and motor elements in the cell ... DNA contains the code for a unique protein structure. Not only are these proteins assembled with different ...

The motion of motor proteins on biopolymers is important for diverse biological processes. Actin, microtubules, and nucleic acids can serve as one-dimensional tracks on which motor proteins move.

Eukaryotic cells use cytoskeletal motor proteins to transport many different ... In this Review we discuss what is known about the structure and cellular functions of these adaptors and describe ...

Storing and processing memories uses nanoscopic motor proteins called kinesin that move materials around within neurons to construct the structural code of memory. These nanoscopic workers “walk ...

The sequence of amino acids in the chain determines how the chain will fold up to make the protein, so different proteins have different three-dimensional shapes. The three-dimensional shape of a ...

The new finding is published in Cell in an article titled, “ SMC motor proteins extrude DNA asymmetrically and can switch directions ,” and is key to understanding how these motors shape our genome ...