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ArticleProceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2016

Beam finite-element model of a molecular motor for the simulation of active fibre networks.

Kei W Müller, Anna M Birzle, Wolfgang A Wall

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Article in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Mechanical and Systems Biology of Cancer.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2018
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3 authors.

Kei W MüllerInstitute for Computational Mechanics , Technische Universität München , Boltzmannstrasse 15, Garching bei München 85748, Germany.
Anna M BirzleInstitute for Computational Mechanics , Technische Universität München , Boltzmannstrasse 15, Garching bei München 85748, Germany.
Wolfgang A WallInstitute for Computational Mechanics , Technische Universität München , Boltzmannstrasse 15, Garching bei München 85748, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular motors are proteins that excessively increase the efficiency of subcellular transport processes. They allow for cell division, nutrient transport and even macroscopic muscle movement. In order to understand the effect of motors in large biopolymer networks, e.g. the cytoskeleton, we require a suitable model of a molecular motor. In this contribution, we present such a model based on a geometrically exact beam finite-element formulation. We discuss the numerical model of a non-processive motor such as myosin II, which interacts with actin filaments. Based on experimental data and inspired by the theoretical understanding offered by the power-stroke model and the swinging-cross-bridge model, we parametrize our numerical model in order to achieve the effect that a physiological motor has on its cargo. To this end, we introduce the mechanical and mathematical foundations of the model, then discuss its calibration, prove its usefulness by conducting finite-element simulations of actin-myosin motility assays and assess the influence of motors on the rheology of semi-flexible biopolymer networks.

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beam finite elementsbiopolymer networksBrownian dynamicscytoskeletonmotor proteins

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PMID26997891
PMCPMC4786036

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