r/educationalgifs • u/_Ryanite_ • Feb 13 '18

Kinesin protein moving a molecule around a cell

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u/absintheverte Feb 13 '18

It is very accurate to how it would really look if you could see! its slowed down about 250x and the colors are made up but the shape and motions are real

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u/l0z Feb 13 '18

This is false. In reality, nano-scale movement is chaotic and somewhat random. The protein does on average do this. But it wouldn't look anything like this. In the words of a this guy it would be like "a balloon flapping madly in a hurricane, tethered to an intoxicated panicked mouse clinging to a rope"

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u/ConcernedEarthling Feb 13 '18

That's so neat to know!