Turkish PhD Student Claims a Place in Scientific History

According to his research, tiny cargo carrying progressive motors, called Myosin V, exist inside cells. These molecular structures work more efficiently than hi-tech machinery, and are similar in structure to the human body, having two legs, a body and a head.

A Myosin V motor takes an average of 37 nm center of mass steps along actin filaments, or, threads in a cell unit. These cargo-carrying Myosin V motors are in non-stop motion. According to scientific circles, the data in hand as a result of Yildiz’s research, will possibly lead to the creation of nanometer dimensioned machines that are controllable by man.

Emphasizing the significance of the research, Science magazine reported that it was the focal point of the Biophysics Conference this year, and many scientists are preparing to use Yildiz’s research methods to reinforce their own research.

Yildiz studies these complex cell bodies, resembling nano-technology factories, with the help of high-power microscopes and does research on the carriage activities of these motors. These tiny bodies are not only in charge of carrying solid particle cargo, but are also responsible for many other things, such as muscle contraction and partitions of cells.

Yildiz has found an answer to the question of how these Myosin V molecules move. The nanometric structure, known as Myosin V motor protein in Biophysical terms, achieves motion like human beings, by taking steps. Any kind of disorder in the structure, in the skin or nervous cells, in particular, cause various nervous and dermatological diseases and nervous attacks.