> Imagine a flashy spaceship lands in your backyard. The door opens and you are invited to investigate everything to see what you can learn. The technology is clearly millions of years beyond what we can make.
> This is biology.
ATPsynthase is amazing. I am constantly amazed that it actually looks like a motor, as well as being the endpoint of the complex system to produce ATP energy in a cell.
If you had the choice between flying in a plane powered by a couple of Rolls Royce Trent engines or a couple of these things, which would you choose? What if it was a thousand of these things?
There’s plenty of room at the bottom.
Incredible. Can't help but think of:
> Imagine a flashy spaceship lands in your backyard. The door opens and you are invited to investigate everything to see what you can learn. The technology is clearly millions of years beyond what we can make. > This is biology.
- https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/immune-system/
Related proteins that are just as wonderful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_synthase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_III_secretion_system
ATPsynthase is amazing. I am constantly amazed that it actually looks like a motor, as well as being the endpoint of the complex system to produce ATP energy in a cell.
It's like a hydroelectric dam! The synthase is the turbine. The protons are the water flowing through it. The electrochemical gradient is gravity.
Molecular motor videos are pretty popular as short-form video. Some good ones here: https://www.youtube.com/@iJEPStudio/videos
If you had the choice between flying in a plane powered by a couple of Rolls Royce Trent engines or a couple of these things, which would you choose? What if it was a thousand of these things?