The Force Exerted by a Molecular Motor

Details The Force Exerted by a Molecular Motor The Force Exerted by a Molecular Motor

1999-03-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9903308v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

submitted to PNAS

Scientific paper

10.1073/pnas.96.12.6597

The stochastic driving force exerted by a single molecular motor (e.g., a kinesin, or myosin) moving on a periodic molecular track (microtubule, actin filament, etc.) is discussed from a general viewpoint open to experimental test. An elementary "barometric" relation for the driving force is introduced that (i) applies to a range of kinetic and stochastic models, (ii) is consistent with more elaborate expressions entailing explicit representations of externally applied loads and, (iii) sufficiently close to thermal equilibrium, satisfies an Einstein-type relation in terms of the velocity and diffusion coefficient of the (load-free) motor. Even in the simplest two-state models, the velocity-vs.-load plots exhibit a variety of contrasting shapes (including nonmonotonic behavior). Previously suggested bounds on the driving force are shown to be inapplicable in general by analyzing discrete jump models with waiting time distributions.

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