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Kinesin Protein (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (10 children)

This animation was made by the Shenandoah Baptist Church and is famously misleading. The “steps” are the stochastic byproduct of Brownian motion. Here’s an accurate representation:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Vlb9F_cj6As

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    How is it more accurate? I thought that in reality the "steps" are incredibly fast, but that makes it seem like it's a much slower and more uncertain process.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fast relative to what? The point is that the kinesin protein doesn’t “walk” any more than floating debris “swims.”

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