Molecular machines

newfag

wtf is that

Molecular machines are a biological inspiration. We've been studying them for a century with the complex mechanisms that occur between proteins and etc inside the body, but only recently have we been able to effectively synthesize our own. So we've been testing our new abilities.
I only briefly glanced at it during udergrad, but multiple disciplines are required, mainly biology, chemistry, physics

>>8596044
>>8597405

fucking retards

>>8597435
that is what someone awarded nobel prize for, right ?

>>8596017
The concept as in the basics? Like what a molecular machine is? It's nothing spectacular like the name suggests. Just a protein. Lots of proteins are analogous to machines. Like an ATPase is a proton pump. It binds a molecule called ATP, breaks it, and uses the released energy to rotate what looks like an actual motor, which carries protons out of whatever membrane it's located in.

Well it's most commonly studied in cell and molecular biology, but there is a relevant field in chemistry, called supramolecular chemistry, which studies molecules like rotaxanes which act as molecular switches. Biophysics and molecular quantum mechanics is presumably important and relevant to the field too.

However at the moment, it largely focuses on proteins which behave like machines. Most standard cell/molecular biology textbooks have a section on molecular motors nowadays.

In short, you can study molecular machines via literally any science subject.

Physics --> biophysics, protein physics, molecular quantum mechanics
Chemistry ---> supramolecular chemistry, biochemistry, quantum chemistry
Biology ----> cell and molecular biology, proteomics
Computer science ---> computational biology/molecular biology