Motility and energetics of randomly flashing ratchets

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/ABE597MaRDI QIDQ5857571zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xining Xu, Yunxin Zhang

Publication date 1 April 2021

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

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

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)

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.

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