Exact solution of a linear molecular motor model driven by two-step fluctuations and subject to protein friction
Starts 19 May 2004 17:00
Ends 19 May 2004 20:00
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ICTP
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I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Abstract: We investigate by analytical means the stochastic equations of motion of a linear molecular motor model based on the concept of protein friction. Solving the coupled Langevin equations originally proposed by Mogilner et al., and averaging over both the two-step internal conformational fluctuations and the thermal noise, we present explicit, analytical expressions for the average motion and the velocity-force relationship.