Asymptotics of a Brownian ratchet for protein translocation

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Abstract: Protein translocation in cells has been modelled by emph{Brownian ratchets}. In such models, the protein diffuses through a nanopore. On one side of the pore, ratcheting molecules bind to the protein and hinder it to diffuse out of the pore. We study a Brownian ratchet by means of a reflected Brownian motion (Xt)tgeq0 with a changing reflection point (Rt)tgeq0. The rate of change of Rt is gamma(XtRt) and the new reflection boundary is distributed uniformly between Rt and Xt. The asymptotic speed of the ratchet scales with gamma1/3 and the asymptotic variance is independent of gamma.









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