Unleashing Cytochromes P450: Living Soft Robots Discovered as Nanomachines within Organisms

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Unleashing Cytochromes P450: Living Soft Robots Discovered as Nanomachines within Organisms
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Molecular-dynamics simulations of Cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) enzymes have revealed that these enzymes possess unique soft-robotic properties, making them nanomachines within living organisms. The simulations demonstrated that CYP450s have a fourth dimension of sensing and responding to stimuli, allowing them to act as soft robots in "living matters." This discovery opens up new avenues in soft-robotics research and has implications for fields such as artificial intelligence design and the synthesis of self-evolving polymers and gels.

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