運動素(Kinesin)是目前已知結構為最簡單的細胞骨架馬達蛋白，在細胞內沿著微管行走，負責運輸小囊胞、胞器、神經傳導物質或是細胞分裂時運送染色體。本文建立一套運動素模擬機構，模擬運動素前進過程中最重要的產力機制—動力衝程，採用數學理論分析其位移量、角速度、速度以及功率，並與文獻之實驗數據做比較。
　　本文的模擬機構，可以合理解釋運動素具有機械的放大性質，當外力負載增加時，模擬機構的角速度與速度會呈下降趨勢，此結果與實驗數據相符合，據此可驗證此模擬結構具有對運動素的運動機制之可預測性與合理性。

　　Kinesin is a cytoskeleton-based motors that has the most simple structure. It moves vesicle or organelle along the microtubules toward plus end. In this paper, we construct a model to simulate the position, angular velocity, velocity, and power in the power stroke process of kinesin. We use the theoretical analysis to compare with the other’s experimental data.

　　The simulate mechanism in this paper would explain the kinesin’s mechanical amplifier reasonable. When the external force raise, the angular velocity and velocity of the simulate model is decreased. The result is fitted the experimental data. We prove that the simulate mechanism model provide rationality and projection.

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