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Movement of Kinesin
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- 1Step 1- Foreward Head hits new tubulin siteForeward head binds tightly and neck linker faces backwards
- 2Step 2- ADP is releasedADP is released and head is in stable 'nucleotide free' form
- 3Step 3- ATP bindsNeck linker binds to core motor of bound head
- 4Step 4- PowerstrokeThrows trailing head foreward so it binds to the next site
- 5Step 5- ATP hydrolysisPi is released, ADP bound head releases tubulin and the neck linker undocks
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- Structural Basis for Biological Function (Molecular Motors) Flashcards on Movement of Kinesin, created by gina_evans0312 on 15/12/2013.
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