An autonomous chemically driven artificial molecular machine uses information acquired by allosteric interactions combined with an exergonic reaction to know which way to go.
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Astumian, R. Running on information. Nature Nanotech 11, 582–583 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.98
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