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细菌鞭毛马达中开关调节与转矩产生的耦合

Coupling between switching regulation and torque generation in bacterial flagellar motor

Fan Bai, Tohru Minamino, Zhanghan Wu, Keiichi Namba, Jianhua Xing

摘要:

细菌鞭毛马达在细菌的运动和趋化性中起着至关重要的作用。最近的实验表明,电动机的开关动态取决于电动机的转速,从而电动机的转矩,非单调。在这里,我们提出了一个统一的数学模型,模型电机转矩产生的基础上,实验转矩-速度曲线和转矩相关的开关的基础上的构象扩散模型。该模型成功地再现了所观察到的开关速率的旋转速度的函数,并提供了一个通用的物理解释独立的大多数细节。定子通过两种机制影响切换动态:加速各个转子切换单元的构造翻转速率,这有利于较慢的电机速度,从而增加扭矩;以及在单位时间内影响更多的切换单元,这有利于更快的速度。因此,切换速率在中间速度处显示出最大值。我们的模型预测,电机开关更经常与更多的定子。负载转换关系可以用作感测物理环境的机制,类似于感测化学环境的趋化性系统。它还可以协调细胞内马达的开关动力学。

英文摘要:

The bacterial flagellar motor plays a crucial role in both bacterial locomotion and chemotaxis. Recent experiments reveal that the switching dynamics of the motor depends on the motor rotation speed, and thus the motor torque, non-monotonically. Here we present a unified mathematical model which models motor torque generation based on experimental torque-speed curves and torque-dependent switching based on the conformational spread model. The model successfully reproduces the observed switching rate as a function of the rotation speed, and provides a generic physical explanation independent of most details. A stator affects the switching dynamics through two mechanisms: accelerating the conformation flipping rates of individual rotor switching units, which favours slower motor speed and thus increasing torque; and affecting more switching units within unit time, which favours faster speed. Consequently, the switching rate shows a maximum at intermediate speed. Our model predicts that a motor switches more often with more stators. The load-switching relation may serve as a mechanism for sensing the physical environment, similar to the chemotaxis system for sensing the chemical environment. It may also coordinate the switch dynamics of motors within a cell.

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