The output of a motor is work, while the output of a clock is information. Here it is discussed how a molecular motor can produce both, work and information, depending on the load. If the ratio of the backward and forward stepping rates of a molecular motor increases exponentially with load, the change in free energy per step can be used to produce only work (at stall force) or only timing information (at zero force), or anything in between.

中文翻译：

---

分子马达或分子钟：负载问题

电机的输出是功，时钟的输出是信息。这里讨论了分子马达如何根据负载产生功和信息。如果分子马达的后退和前进步进速率之比随负载呈指数增长，则每步自由能的变化可用于仅产生功（在失速力下）或仅产生时间信息（在零力下），或任何东西之间。