Motor proteins: kinesins influence each other through load.
What happens when two types of kinesin transport the same cargo? Each motor experiences a load coming from the others. These loads are sufficient to explain the emergent properties of the cargo's motion.
Brouhard
Gary J
GJ
Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada. gary.brouhard@mcgill.ca
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D016547:Kinesins