Scientists build first artificial protein motor that walks on DNA

42 points by adriano10 6 hours ago on reddit | 2 comments

ReDot75 | 5 hours ago

Cool and all. Needs a specific DNA pattern to be able to move. With unpacked DNA. That is in a nucleus for eukaryotes. No word about energy consumption here, so there is no possible recovery to the initial state?

And is compared to myosin?

lumidanny | 5 hours ago

Nanomachines!