kinesin easy

A kinesin motor protein walking hand-over-hand along a microtubule. Hold → to walk. Let go to rest.

distance 0 nm
best —
ATP steps 0
status resting
ATP fuel

controls

→ hold to walk (D or Space works too)

The heads step hand-over-hand on their own: one swings forward while the other grips the lattice. Walking burns ATP and the walk gets faster and hungrier the farther you go. Let go to rest and refuel. Run out of ATP and the motor lets go and drifts off into the cytoplasm.