Dynamic photocontrol of the gliding motility of a microtubule driven by kinesin on a photoisomerizable monolayer surface

M K Abdul Rahim; Tuyoshi Fukaminato; Takashi Kamei; Nobuyuki Tamaoki

doi:10.1021/la2024499

Dynamic photocontrol of the gliding motility of a microtubule driven by kinesin on a photoisomerizable monolayer surface

Langmuir. 2011 Sep 6;27(17):10347-50. doi: 10.1021/la2024499. Epub 2011 Aug 11.

Authors

M K Abdul Rahim¹, Tuyoshi Fukaminato, Takashi Kamei, Nobuyuki Tamaoki

Affiliation

¹ Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N20, W10, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.

PMID: 21819115
DOI: 10.1021/la2024499

Abstract

The gliding motility of microtubules driven by kinesin on the surface of an azobenzene monolayer presenting lysine terminal groups is reversibly and repeatedly altered upon photoisomerization of the monolayer.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Azo Compounds / chemistry*
Isomerism
Kinesins / chemistry*
Light
Lysine / chemistry
Membranes, Artificial*
Microtubules / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Photochemistry
Surface Properties

Substances

Azo Compounds
Membranes, Artificial
Kinesins
azobenzene
Lysine