Modelling Molecular Motors as Folding-Unfolding Cycles
arXiv:cond-mat/9901242 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2000-00101-8
Abstract
We propose a model for motor proteins based on a hierarchical Hamiltonian that we have previously introduced to describe protein folding. The proposed motor model has high efficiency and is consistent with a linear load-velocity response. The main improvement with respect to previous models is that this description suggests a connection between folding and function of allosteric proteins.
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