Title :
A sliding model of actomyosin system by hydrophobicity transition mechanism
Author_Institution :
Biomech. Div., Mech. Eng. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760931
