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Chemical and hydrodynamic alignment of an enzyme

Abstract:
Motivated by the implications of the complex and dynamic modular geometry of an enzyme on its motion, we investigate the effect of combining long-range internal and external hydrodynamic interactions due to thermal fluctuations with short-range surface interactions. An asymmetric dumbbell consisting of two unequal subunits, in a nonuniform suspension of a solute with which it interacts via hydrodynamic interactions as well as non-contact surface interactions, is shown to have two alignment mechanisms due to the two types of interactions. In addition to alignment, the chemical gradient results in a drift velocity that is modified by hydrodynamic interactions between the constituents of the enzyme.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1063/1.5081717

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Oxford college:
St John's College
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Author
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ORCID:
0000-0001-9677-6054
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Theoretical Physics
Oxford college:
St Cross College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3149-4002


Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Journal:
Journal of Chemical Physics More from this journal
Volume:
150
Issue:
11
Article number:
115102
Publication date:
2019-03-18
Acceptance date:
2019-02-26
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EISSN:
1089-7690
ISSN:
0021-9606
Pmid:
30901991


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English
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pubs:985311
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uuid:bc8da60a-d7ed-4fc7-8bf6-9d3fe04a3cb3
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pubs:985311
Source identifiers:
985311
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2019-05-29

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