Processive chitinase is Brownian monorail operated by fast catalysis after peeling rail from crystalline chitin
Processive chitinase is a linear molecular motor which moves on the surface of crystalline chitin. Here authors use single-molecule imaging, X-ray crystallography and simulations on chitinase A (SmChiA) and show that Brownian motion along the single chitin chain is rectified forward by substrate-ass...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06362-3 |