Abstract
Kinesin stepping requires both tethered diffusion of the free head and conformational changes driven by the chemical state of the motor. We present a numerical method using matrix representations of approximating Markov chains and renewal theory to compute important experimental quantities for models that include both tethered diffusion and chemical transitions. Explicitly modeling the tethered diffusion allows for exploration of the model under perturbation of the neck linker; comparisons are made between the computed models and in vitro assays.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-194 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Theoretical Biology |
Volume | 269 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 21 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Applied Mathematics