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Influence of fluctuations in actin structure on myosin V step size
Andrej Vilfan
We study the influence of disorder in the helical actin structure on the myosin V step size, predicted from the elastic lever arm model. We show that fluctuations of +-5 degrees pe…
Oscillations in molecular motor assemblies
Andrej Vilfan, Erwin Frey
Autonomous oscillations in biological systems may have a biochemical origin or result from an interplay between force-generating and visco-elastic elements. In molecular motor asse…
Elastic lever arm model for myosin V
Andrej Vilfan
We present a mechanochemical model for myosin V, a two-headed processive motor protein. We derive the properties of a dimer from those of an individual head, which we model both wi…
Synchronization of active mechanical oscillators by an inertial load
Andrej Vilfan, Thomas Duke
Motivated by the operation of myogenic (self-oscillatory) insect flight muscle, we study a model consisting of a large number of identical oscillatory contractile elements joined i…
Anomalous relaxation kinetics of biological lattice-ligand binding models
Erwin Frey, Andrej Vilfan
We discuss theoretical models for the cooperative binding dynamics of ligands to substrates, such as dimeric motor proteins to microtubules or more extended macromolecules like tro…
Relaxation kinetics of biological dimer adsorption models
Andrej Vilfan, Erwin Frey, Franz Schwabl
We discuss the relaxation kinetics of a one-dimensional dimer adsorption model as recently proposed for the binding of biological dimers like kinesin on microtubules. The non-equil…