期刊
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
卷 16, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/6/063032
关键词
non-equilibrium chemical switching; dynamics of biofilaments; collective force generation; actin and microtubules
资金
- CSIR India [09/087(0572)/2009-EMR-I]
- IYBA, Department of Biotechnology India [BT/01/1YBA12009]
Collective dynamics and force generation by cytoskeletal filaments are crucial in many cellular processes. Investigating growth dynamics of a bundle of N independent cytoskeletal filaments pushing against a wall, we show that chemical switching (ATP/GTP hydrolysis) leads to a collective phenomenon that is currently unknown. Obtaining force-velocity relations for different models that capture chemical switching, we show, analytically and numerically, that the collective stall force of N filaments is greater than N times the stall force of a single filament. Employing an exactly solvable toy model, we analytically prove the above result for N = 2. We, further, numerically show the existence of this collective phenomenon, for N >= 2, in realistic models (with random and sequential hydrolysis) that simulate actin and microtubule bundle growth. We make quantitative predictions for the excess forces, and argue that this collective effect is related to the non-equilibrium nature of chemical switching.
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