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粒子步进周期在不对称排斥过程中的作用:mRNA平移模型

Role of the particle's stepping cycle in an asymmetric exclusion process: A model of mRNA translation

L. Ciandrini, I. Stansfield, M. C. Romano

摘要:

信使RNA翻译通常通过基于不对称简单排除过程(ASEP)的摩擦力学模型进行研究,该模型考虑了晶格(多核苷酸链)上的跳跃粒子(核糖体)。在这项工作中,我们扩展了这类模型,并考虑核糖体的生化循环的两个基本步骤,粗粒度的角度来看。为了实现更好地了解潜在的生物过程和比较的理论预测与实验结果,我们提供了一个描述之间的最小ASEP-样模型和更详细的模型,这是很难分析治疗。我们使用平均场的方法来研究与内部步进周期的粒子的动力学。在这个框架中,它是可能的,分析表征系统的不同阶段(高密度,低密度或最大电流阶段)。至关重要的是,我们表明,这些不同的阶段之间的过渡发生在不同的参数值比在一个标准的ASEP等效的过渡,表明包括核糖体的生化循环的两个基本步骤的模型的重要性。

英文摘要:

Messenger RNA translation is often studied by means of statistical-mechanical models based on the Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process (ASEP), which considers hopping particles (the ribosomes) on a lattice (the polynucleotide chain). In this work we extend this class of models and consider the two fundamental steps of the ribosome's biochemical cycle following a coarse-grained perspective. In order to achieve a better understanding of the underlying biological processes and compare the theoretical predictions with experimental results, we provide a description lying between the minimal ASEP-like models and the more detailed models, which are analytically hard to treat. We use a mean-field approach to study the dynamics of particles associated with an internal stepping cycle. In this framework it is possible to characterize analytically different phases of the system (high density, low density or maximal current phase). Crucially, we show that the transitions between these different phases occur at different parameter values than the equivalent transitions in a standard ASEP, indicating the importance of including the two fundamental steps of the ribosome's biochemical cycle into the model.

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