English Explanatory Dictionary

motor protein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of proteins that are able to move on a suitable substrate, being powered by the hydrolysis of ATP, and are involved in the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work.

Word forms

motor protein motor proteins
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