Mechanochemical action of the dynamin protein

Details Mechanochemical action of the dynamin protein Mechanochemical action of the dynamin protein

2008-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/0804.0859v2

Phys. Rev. E 78, 011911 (2008) and Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 16, 3 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

17 pages, 4 figures; typos corrected, reference added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011911

Dynamin is a ubiquitous GTPase that tubulates lipid bilayers and is implicated in many membrane severing processes in eukaryotic cells. Setting the grounds for a better understanding of this biological function, we develop a generalized hydrodynamics description of the conformational change of large dynamin-membrane tubes taking into account GTP consumption as a free energy source. On observable time scales, dissipation is dominated by an effective dynamin/membrane friction and the deformation field of the tube has a simple diffusive behavior, which could be tested experimentally. A more involved, semi-microscopic model yields complete predictions for the dynamics of the tube and possibly accounts for contradictory experimental results concerning its change of conformation as well as for plectonemic supercoiling.

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