Kinesin Walking Narrated Version for Garland

I created this animation of the molecular motor "kinesin" walking along a protofilament of a microtubule in 1999 for the Milligan and Vale Science paper referenced below. It was my first major project using Cinema4D instead of my old favorite StrataStudioPro on a mac.
Mike Morales and Peter Walter created a narration for Garland publishers Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et al.

For details on the science behind the animated visualization, please check out the original paper:
Vale, R. D. & Milligan, R. A. The Way Things Move: Looking Under the
Hood of Molecular Motor Proteins Science, 2000, 288, 88-95

Created by Graham Johnson of fivth.com and Graham Johnson medical media www.grahamj.com, for Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4e by Alberts, Walter, et al, Gardland Publishers. ©2002

For more on simulating and animating molecules, cells and helpful plugins, please visit www.grahamj.com

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[april8329]

common kinesin you walk too slow

[Graham Johnson]

Yes, it can be painful at times! Here is a higher resolution unnarrated version of the original.

youtube.com/watch?v=4AnPVuzF7C­A

[VballGirlKenna]

Our S.M.A.R.T Team (Students Modeling A Research Topic) at school was assigned kinesin as our project and during every meeting we had to have watched this video at least 5 times. It was so helpful!

[Graham Johnson]

Glad its still helpful!

[lu lu]

grahamj21, I admire your effort to explain cutting edge science to general audience by animations.

Your 1999 movie is one reason I became fascinated about kinesin at the beginning of my graduate school. To me, it captures probably 90% of things people need to know about kinesin.

Maybe for kids in school, that microscopic motor like kinesin moves and diffuses by itself like a drunk man, is as interesting as its chemical cycle and biological function, both phenomenally and conceptually.

[Graham Johnson]

Thats great to hear. By the way, I'm trying to "approve" your video response, but the fields in my youtube inbox for that are blank- not sure whats going on, but hopefully it will post soon.

[Plasmodium VIVAX]

When Youtube becomes useful when you study... Thanks Internet.

[Anna Seo]

i think kinesin is so cute

[lookkcloser]

Thanks for making all these animations. This in particular cleared all my doubts about kinesin and I found it really useful! :)

[behindbeyes]

great

[deadballo]

Sound effects courtesy of Superman 64

[lionwood44]

0:03 -> Mötorhead! :D

[Ranjit Gulvady]

Thanks for this upload. I'm a physics graduate who's just entered biophysics. this has clarified a lot of doubts i had!

[pixiestixlush]

I love your videos. I'd love to see one for dynein and microtubules to show how cilia and flagella bend. I've been looking for one to show in my lectures.