Despite their potential, DNA-nanoparticle motors don't have the speed of their biological counterparts, the motor protein, which is where the issue lies. This is where researchers come in to ...

Despite their genius, DNA-nanoparticle motors don't have the speed of their biological counterparts, the motor protein, which is where the issue lies. This is where researchers come in to analyze ...

Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science aimed to level out the speed difference between artificial motors and motor proteins by improving the nanoscale artificial motor using their ...

Despite their genius, DNA-nanoparticle motors don't have the speed of their biological counterparts, the motor protein, which is where the issue lies. This is where researchers come in to analyze, ...

More information: Takanori Harashima et al, Rational engineering of DNA-nanoparticle motor with high speed and processivity comparable to motor proteins, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

Can DNA-nanoparticle motors get up to speed with motor proteins? Credit: Illustration by Takanori Harashima Researchers leverage their understanding of molecular motors to improve nanoscale artificial ...

Despite their genius, DNA-nanoparticle motors don't have the speed of their biological counterparts, the motor protein, which is where the issue lies. This is where researchers come in to analyze, ...

Despite their genius, DNA-nanoparticle motors don't have the speed of their biological counterparts, the motor protein, which is where the issue lies. This is where researchers come in to analyze, ...

Proteomic studies revealed that mitochondria contain ∼1,000 (in yeast) to 1,500 (in humans) different proteins and led to ... chain and the matrix motor), serves as a paradigm.

ABSTRACT: Movement is a fundamental property of living organisms. The contraction of muscle, beating of cilia and flagella, segregation of genetic material during mitosis, and intracellular transport ...