In hand-over-hand motion, two attached heads exchange their leading and trailing roles. For a centre-of-mass advance , one head can move about while the other remains fixed. The motion of a fluorescent label also depends on its position on the motor.[ref]
Myosin V Walks Hand-Over-Hand: Single Fluorophore Imaging with 1.5-nm Localization by Ahmet Yildiz and others. Alternating light-chain label displacements support head exchange
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