Brownian ratchets driven by asymmetric nucleation of hydrolysis waves

Details Brownian ratchets driven by asymmetric nucleation of hydrolysis waves Brownian ratchets driven by asymmetric nucleation of hydrolysis waves

2007-05-21

arxiv.org/abs/0705.2905v1

Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 248302, (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pp, 6 figs

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.248302

We propose a stochastic process wherein molecular transport is mediated by asymmetric nucleation of domains on a one-dimensional substrate. Track-driven mechanisms of molecular transport arise in biophysical applications such as Holliday junction positioning and collagenase processivity. In contrast to molecular motors that hydrolyze nucleotide triphosphates and undergo a local molecular conformational change, we show that asymmetric nucleation of hydrolysis waves on a track can also result in directed motion of an attached particle. Asymmetrically cooperative kinetics between ``hydrolyzed'' and ``unhydrolyzed'' states on each lattice site generate moving domain walls that push a particle sitting on the track. We use a novel fluctuating-frame, finite-segment mean field theory to accurately compute steady-state velocities of the driven particle and to discover parameter regimes which yield maximal domain wall flux, leading to optimal particle drift.

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