Coordination between subunits is crucial for the proper functioning of multi-component molecular machines. A single-molecule study now allows glimpses into the mechanism used by subunits of one such machine.
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Abbondanzieri, E., Zhuang, X. Concealed enzyme coordination. Nature 457, 392–393 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457392a
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