Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2006-12-06
Physical Review E, vol.75, 041905 (2007).
Physics
Biological Physics
17 pages including 14 embedded EPS figures; accepted for publication in Physical Review E
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.75.041905
In eukaryotic cells, many motor proteins can move simultaneously on a single microtubule track. This leads to interesting collective phenomena like jamming. Recently we reported ({\it Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 95}, 118101 (2005)}) a lattice-gas model which describes traffic of unconventional (single-headed) kinesins KIF1A. Here we generalize this model, introducing a novel interaction parameter $c$, to account for an interesting mechano-chemical process which has not been considered in any earlier model. We have been able to extract all the parameters of the model, except $c$, from experimentally measured quantities. In contrast to earlier models of intra-cellular molecular motor traffic, our model assigns distinct ``chemical'' (or, conformational) states to each kinesin to account for the hydrolysis of ATP, the chemical fuel of the motor. Our model makes experimentally testable theoretical predictions. We determine the phase diagram of the model in planes spanned by experimentally controllable parameters, namely, the concentrations of kinesins and ATP. Furthermore, the phase-separated regime is studied in some detail using analytical methods and simulations to determine e.g. the position of shocks. Comparison of our theoretical predictions with experimental results is expected to elucidate the nature of the mechano-chemical process captured by the parameter $c$.
Chowdhury Debashish
Garai Ashok
Greulich Philip
Nishinari Katsuhiro
Schadschneider Andreas
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