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The cell skeleton forms a scaffold, along which motor proteins can move. These proteins convert the chemical energy of ATP-hydrolysis into mechanical energy. Movement is uni-directional, either from minus to plus or vice versa. The most important systems are microfilament/myosin and microtubule/kinesin and -dynamin.
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Buxbaum, E. (2007). Motor proteins and movement. In: Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68480-2_12
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