Anomalous Dynamics of Translocation

Abstract

We study the dynamics of the passage of a polymer through a membrane pore (translocation), focusing on the scaling properties with the number of monomers $N$. The natural coordinate for translocation is the number of monomers on one side of the hole at a given time. Commonly used models which assume Brownian dynamics for this variable predict a mean (unforced) passage time $\tau$ that scales as $N^2$, even in the presence of an entropic barrier. However, the time it takes for a free polymer to diffuse a distance of the order of its radius by Rouse dynamics scales with an exponent larger than 2, and this should provide a lower bound to the translocation time. To resolve this discrepancy, we perform numerical simulations with Rouse dynamics for both phantom (in space dimensions $d=1$ and 2), and self-avoiding (in $d=2$) chains. The results indicate that for large $N$, translocation times scale in the same manner as diffusion times, but with a larger prefactor that depends on the size of the hole. Such scaling implies anomalous dynamics for the translocation process. In particular, the fluctuations in the monomer number at the hole are predicted to be non-diffusive at short times, while the average pulling velocity of the polymer in the presence of a chemical potential difference is predicted to depend on $N$.

9 pages, 9 figures. Submitted to Physical Review E

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