Shear-driven instabilities of membrane tubes and dynamin-induced scission
arXiv:1810.05862 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.018101
Abstract
Motivated by the mechanics of dynamin-mediated membrane tube fission we analyse the stability of fluid membrane tubes subjected to shear flow in azimuthal direction. We find a novel helical instability driven by the membrane shear flow which results in a non-equilibrium steady state for the tube fluctuations. This instability has its onset at shear rates that may be physiologically accessible under the action of dynamin and could also be probed using in-vitro experiments on membrane nanotubes, e.g. using magnetic tweezers. We discuss how such an instability may play a role in the mechanism for dynamin-mediated membrane tube fission.
arXiv commentMain Text: 5 pages, 3 figures + S.I. 14 pages, 6 figures (Accepted Version)
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