alt Hacker NewsA rate of 10 000 (ten thousand) RPM is mentioned in the video for certain bacteria. My background is in mechanical engineering, does RPM stand for revolutions per minute here? Sounds unbelievably fast for biochemical processes.
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timschmidt • last Monday at 3:14 PM
I find that a good rule is that the smaller the system, the faster the interactions.
Also you may be interested in flagellar motors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSm9gJkPxU
Yep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicase
The wild thing is that it doesn't have a 'gas tank' of ATP to drive the reaction, it goes this fast while being fueled one molecule at a time from the environment.
Where does the ATP come from?
Buckle up my mechanical engineer friend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT5AXGS1aL8
I've watched that video a hundred times and it still gives me chills haha.