Wang Hong et al 2005 Chinese Phys. Lett. 22 2980 doi:10.1088/0256-307X/22/11/071
Wang Hong, Dou Shuo-Xing and Wang Peng-Ye
Show affiliationsKinesin is a processive double-headed molecular motor that moves along a microtubule by taking about 8 nm steps. It generally hydrolyzes one ATP molecule for taking each forward step. The processive movement of the kinesin molecular motors is numerically simulated with a lattice model. The motors are considered as Brownian particles and the ATPase processes of both heads are taken into account. The Monte Carlo simulation results agree well with recent experimental observations, especially on the relation of velocity versus ATP and ADP concentrations.
87.17.Jj Cell locomotion, chemotaxis
87.16.Ka Filaments, microtubules, their networks, and supramolecular assemblies
02.70.Uu Applications of Monte Carlo methods
87.16.Nn Motor proteins (myosin, kinesin dynein)
Issue 11 (November 2005)
Received 30 June 2005
Wang Hong et al 2005 Chinese Phys. Lett. 22 2980
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