Issue 16, 2005
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Chemical Communications

Motor protein nano-biomachine powered by self-supplying ATP†

Yong-Zhong Du,a   Yuichi Hiratsuka,b   Shu Taira,a   Masaru Eguchi,a   Taro Q. P. Uyeda,b   Noboru Yumotoc  and  Masato Kodaka*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
E-mail: m.kodaka@aist.go.jp
Fax: +81-29-861-6123
Tel: +81-29-861-6124

b Gene Function Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

c Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 3-11-46 Nakoji, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

Abstract

A new nano-biomachine has been created from microtubules (MTs) and hetero-bifunctional polymer particles bearing pyruvate kinase, which is propelled on glass surfaces coated with kinesin by use of self-supplying ATP.

Graphical abstract: Motor protein nano-biomachine powered by self-supplying ATP

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B500327J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jan 2005
Accepted
07 Feb 2005
First published
17 Feb 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 2080-2082

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Motor protein nano-biomachine powered by self-supplying ATP

Y. Du, Y. Hiratsuka, S. Taira, M. Eguchi, T. Q. P. Uyeda, N. Yumoto and M. Kodaka, Chem. Commun., 2005, 2080 DOI: 10.1039/B500327J

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