The efficiency of molecular motors

DOI10.1007/S10955-009-9695-3zbMATH Open1166.82015arXiv0810.1168OpenAlexW3100389610MaRDI QIDQ1024226FDOQ1024226

Authors: Yunxin Zhang 

Publication date: 16 June 2009

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Molecular motors convert chemical energy into mechanical work while operating in an environment dominated by Brownian motion. The aim of this paper is to explore the flow of energy between the molecular motors and its surroundings, in particular, its efficiency. Based on the Fokker-Planck equation with either $N$ or infinite chemical states, we find that the energy efficiency of the molecular motors, whether the Stokes efficiency or the usual thermodynamic efficiency, is strictly bounded by 1, because of the dissipation of the energy in both the overdamped surroundings and in the process of the chemical reaction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1168

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zbMATH Keywords

energy efficiencyFokker-Planck equationmolecular motors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brownian motion (60J65) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Cell movement (chemotaxis, etc.) (92C17) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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