Motility and energetics of randomly flashing ratchets

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/ABE597zbMATH Open1504.82038arXiv2002.12796OpenAlexW3008286901MaRDI QIDQ5857571FDOQ5857571

Authors: Xining Xu, Yunxin Zhang 

Publication date: 1 April 2021

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a randomly flashing ratchet, where the potential acting can be switched to another at random. Using coupled Fokker-Planck equations, we formulate the expressions of quantities measuring dynamics and thermodynamics. Extended numerical calculations present how the potential landscapes and the transitions affect the motility and energetics. Load-dependent velocity and energetic efficiency of motor proteins, kinesin and dynein, further exemplify the randomly flashing ratchet model. We also discuss the system with two shifted sawtooth potentials.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12796

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zbMATH Keywords

systems biologymolecular motorsdynamical processesbiomolecules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.) (92C45)

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