Week 3 - Molecular machines

Instructor:
David Stokes
Skirball 3-13
x3-1580
stokes@saturn.med.nyu.edu

Reading assignment:
Mon.
Branden and Tooze: pp. 191-194 (leucine zipper), pp. 251-260 (G proteins), pp. 290-298 (myosin)
Geeves, M.A. & K.C. Holmes. 1999. Structural Mechanism of Muscle Contraction. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 68:687-728 (pp. 687-718 most relevant for us)
Vale & Milligan. 2000. Science 288:88-95

Wed.
Oster, G. & H. Wang. 1999. ATP synthase: two motors, two fuels. Structure 7:R67-R72.

Discussion papers:
Moller et al. (2005)

Lectures:
Myosin/Kinesin (.pdf)
FoF1 & CaATPase (.pdf)

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