Principles of Brownian and molecular motors

Principles of Brownian and molecular motors / José Antonio Fornés.

Molecular motors convert chemical energy (typically from ATP hydrolysis) to directed motion and mechanical work. Biomolecular motors are proteins able of converting chemical energy into mechanical motion and force. Because of their dimension, the many small parts that make up molecular motors must o...

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Main Author: Fornés, José Antonio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2021.
Series:Springer series in biophysics ; v. 21.
Subjects:
Brownian motors.
Molecular machinery.
Biophysics.
Biophysics
Brownian motors
Molecular machinery
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Summary:Molecular motors convert chemical energy (typically from ATP hydrolysis) to directed motion and mechanical work. Biomolecular motors are proteins able of converting chemical energy into mechanical motion and force. Because of their dimension, the many small parts that make up molecular motors must operate at energies only a few times greater than those of the thermal baths. The description of molecular motors must be stochastic in nature. Their actions are often described in terms of Brownian Ratchets mechanisms. In order to describe the principles used in their movement, we need to use the tools that theoretical physics give us. In this book we centralize on the some physical mechanisms of molecular motors.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783030649579
3030649571
ISSN:0932-2353 ;

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