2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Coordination mechanism of multiple motor proteins : a DNA-protein hybrid nanosystem study
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22570156
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
TADAKUMA Hisashi 東京大学, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 助教 (10339707)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 1分子計測・操作 / ナノマシン / 蛋白質 / 核酸 |
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| Research Abstract |
The motor protein kinesin drive vesicle transport in the cell using energy derived from ATP. However, how multiple kinesin are coordinated each other remains elusive. Here we created a hybrid nanomachine(DNA-Tile-kinesin) using DNA-Tile as the skeletal structure and kinesin as the functional module. Single molecule imaging of DNA-Tile-kinesin hybrid allowed us to evaluate the effects of the number of molecules involved in the transport and nanometer changes in the distance between multiple kinesins on motility. Our results show that number of kinesin participating in the transport affect on run length but not on velocity. These results indicate the power of our approach toward the understanding of coordination mechanism of motor proteins.
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