Biomolecular motors have inspired the design and construction of artificial nanoscale motors
and machines based on nucleic acids, small molecules, and inorganic nanostructures …

Improving our understanding of biological motors, both to fully comprehend their activities in
vital processes, and to exploit their impressive abilities for use in bionanotechnology, is …

Engineering biomolecular motors can provide direct tests of structure-function relationships
and customized components for controlling molecular transport in artificial systems or in …

Analogous to the biologically abundant protein-based linear molecular machines that
translocate along their target surface, we have recently constructed the DNA-based synthetic …

Biomolecular motors, in particular motor proteins, are ideally suited to introduce chemically
powered movement of selected components into devices engineered at the micro‐and …

Molecular motors, such as myosin and kinesin, perform diverse tasks ranging from vesical
transport to bulk muscle contraction. Synthetic molecular motors may eventually be …

DNA motors that consume chemical energy to generate processive mechanical motion
mimic natural motor proteins and have garnered interest due to their potential applications in …

Conspectus Biomolecular motors, such as the motor protein kinesin, can be used as off-the-
shelf components to power hybrid nanosystems. These hybrid systems combine elements …

Inspired by biological motor proteins, that efficiently convert chemical fuel to unidirectional
motion, there has been considerable interest in developing synthetic analogues. Among the …

Highlights•Cytoskeletal molecular motors are profound bionanotechnological devices.•The
mechanisms of these motors enable re-purposing and re-engineering.•They also provide …