Molecular motors: A step dissected

Molecular motors: A step dissected

Nature 450, 625 (2007). doi:10.1038/450625a

Authors: Zeynep Ökten
& Manfred Schliwa

The motor protein kinesin ‘walks’ by alternately advancing its two motor structural domains. A cutting-edge, single-molecule fluorescence technique reveals further details of this stepping mechanism.