DocumentCode
544258
Title
A sliding model of actomyosin system by hydrophobicity transition mechanism
Author
Suzuki, Makoto
Author_Institution
Biomech. Div., Mech. Eng. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
1992
fDate
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Firstpage
213
Lastpage
214
Abstract
This paper presents a sliding model of actomyosin based on hydrophobicity transition of both surfaces of myosin F actin binding site. This model enables to explain the cyclic reaction of attachment and detachment of actin and myosin, the step size and the continuous sliding.
Keywords
biochemistry; hydrophobicity; molecular biophysics; muscle; physiological models; proteins; actomyosin system; attachment; cyclic reaction; detachment; hydrophobicity transition mechanism; myosin F actin binding site; sliding model; step size; Biological system modeling; Chemicals; Fluorescence; Force; Load modeling; Silicon; Skeleton;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-0816-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760931
Filename
5760931
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