Two-stimuli manipulation of a biological motor

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Two-stimuli manipulation of a biological motor

Zorica Ristic¹ , Marco Vitali²^,5 , Alessandro Duci³ , Christian Goetze³ , Klaus Kemnitz⁴ , Werner Zuschratter² , Holger Lill¹ and Dirk Bald¹

¹Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

²Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany

³arivis Multiple Imaging Tools, Rostock, Germany

⁴EuroPhoton, Berlin, Europhoton, Berlin, Germany

⁵Technical University Berlin, Germany

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Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2009, 7:3doi:10.1186/1477-3155-7-3


Published:	15 May 2009

Abstract

F₁-ATPase is an enzyme acting as a rotary nano-motor. During catalysis subunits of this enzyme complex rotate relative to other parts of the enzyme. Here we demonstrate that the combination of two input stimuli causes stop of motor rotation. Application of either individual stimulus did not significantly influence motor motion. These findings may contribute to the development of logic gates using single biological motor molecules.