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Talk about motor proteins.

Author: H K



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Have many domains: two bind to microtubules (feet) and one or more that bind to transported cargo (Hands) in addition they have a domain that binds ATP, hydrolyzes it and transforms its energy into mechanical one that serves for movement by change of protein conformation, they usually move in an unidirectional manner along the microtubules performing specific directed transport within the cell.


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