Biological rotary motor

jamiel · Postby **jamiel** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

I guess we all have rotaries then http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research/atp-synthase
Bonus points for 9000RPMs

geo2maz · Postby **geo2maz** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

sweeeeet! we are machines

G-Man · Postby **G-Man** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

And mitochondria are what power The Force, right? So even if we don't have a lot of torque, we've got The Force! May it be with you...

jamiel · Postby **jamiel** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

G-Man wrote:And mitochondria are what power The Force, right? So even if we don't have a lot of torque, we've got The Force! May it be with you...

Umm, that's midichlorians. Turn in your nerd card! (or high 5 for an excellent word play)

(here comes the science) Did you know that mitochondria are actually symbionts? They aren't a structure we came up with "ourselves".

geo2maz · Postby **geo2maz** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

jamiel · Postby **jamiel** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14

geo2maz wrote:like man-o-wars?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugese_Man_of_War

I was waiting to see what G-Man did with symbionts. Way to take it another direction!