Principles of Brownian and Molecular Motors

José Antonio Fornés (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 194 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-64956-2 (ISBN)

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Molecular motors convert chemical energy (typically from ATP hydrolysis) to directed motion and mechanical work. Biomolecular motors are proteins able of converting chemical energy into mechanical motion and force. Because of their dimension, the many small parts that make up molecular motors must operate at energies only a few times greater than those of the thermal baths. The description of molecular motors must be stochastic in nature. Their actions are often described in terms of Brownian Ratchets mechanisms. In order to describe the principles used in their movement, we need to use the tools that theoretical physics give us. In this book we centralize on the some physical mechanisms of molecular motors.

Prof. Dr. José Antonio Fornés studied Physics at La Plata University, Argentina, where he received his doctoral degree in Physics in 1972. In 1973 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Quantum Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden. In 1974 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Middlesex Hospital Medical School of London University, in experimental biophysics. He was visiting Professor at the University of California at Irvine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, during 1989-1991. Also, he was visiting Professor at the Department of Physics of São Paulo University, Brazil, during 1998-2001. He was visiting professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, during 2005-2006. He has been full Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics of the Federal University of Goiás during 1981-1998, and retired after that. His research interests comprise electrical fluctuations in molecular systems, molecular biophysics, hydrodynamic fluctuations as well as molecular motors

Brownian Ratchets and Molecular Motors.- The Fokker-Planck equation.- Biased Brownian Motion.- The Smoluchowski model.- Rotation of a dipole.- Ratchet dimer Brownian motor with Hydrodynamic interactions.- Fluctuations of the proton electromotive force across inner mitochondrial membrane.- Quantum Ratchets

Erscheinungsdatum	06.02.2021
Reihe/Serie	Springer Series in Biophysics
Zusatzinfo	XII, 194 p. 137 illus., 57 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
Schlagworte	Brownian noise • Fokker-Planck Equation • Mechanobiology • Mechanochemical coupling • Molecular motors • quantum ratchets • Rocking Ratchet • Stochastic Processes
ISBN-10	3-030-64956-3 / 3030649563
ISBN-13	978-3-030-64956-2 / 9783030649562
Zustand	Neuware