Filament depolymerization by motor molecules

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-17499
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1749

Klein, Gernot A. ; Kruse, Karsten ; Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ; Jülicher, Frank

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Abstract

Motor proteins that specifically interact with the ends of cytoskeletal filaments can induce filament depolymerization. A phenomenological description of this process is presented. We show that under certain conditions motors dynamically accumulate at the filament ends. We compare simulations of two microscopic models to the phenomenological description. The depolymerization rate can exhibit ...