Local heating of molecular motors using single carbon nanotubes

Biophysics Reviews
Yuichi Inoue, A Ishijima

Abstract

Temperature globally affects all chemical processes and biomolecules in living cells. Elevating the temperature of an entire cell accelerates so many biomolecular reactions simultaneously that it is difficult to distinguish the various mechanisms involved. The ability to localize temperature changes to the nanometer range within a cell could provide a powerful new tool for regulating biomolecular activity at the level of individual molecules. The search for a nanoheater for biological research has prompted experiments with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which have the highest conductivity of any known material. The adsorption of skeletal muscle myosin molecules along the length of single multi-walled CNTs (~10 μm) has allowed researchers to observe the ATP-driven sliding of fluorescently labeled actin filaments. In one study, red-laser irradiation focused on one end of a myosin-coated CNT was used to heat myosin motors locally without directly heating the surrounding water; this laser irradiation instantly accelerated the actin-filament sliding speeds from ~6 to ~12 μm/s in a reversible manner, indicating a local, real-time heating of myosin motors by approximately Δ12 K. Calculation of heat transfer using the finite element method, ...Continue Reading

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