A Reversibility Parameter for a Markovian Stepper

Details A Reversibility Parameter for a Markovian Stepper A Reversibility Parameter for a Markovian Stepper

2006-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609421v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

6 pages, 2 figures - minor revisions

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/78/50002

Recent experimental studies on the stepwize motion of biological molecular motors have revealed that the ``characteristic distance'' of a step is usually less than the actual step size. This observation implies that the detailed-balance condition for kinetic rates of steps is violated in these motors. In this letter, in order to clarify the significance of the characteristic distance, we study a Langevin model of a molecular motor with a hidden degree of freedom. We find that the ratio of the characteristic distance to the step size is equal to unity if the dominant paths in the state space are one dimensional, while it deviates from unity if the dominant paths are branched. Therefore, this parameter can be utilized to determine the reversibility of a motor even under a restricted observation.

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