title: Kinetic models for mechanoenzymes: structural aspects under large loads.
abstract: A broad class of chemical kinetic model for mechanoenzymes is analyzed theoretically in order to uncover structural aspects of the underlying free-energy landscape that determine the behavior under large resisting and assisting loads, specifically the turnover rate or, for a translocatory motor protein, the mean velocity, say, V. A systematic graphical reduction algorithm is presented that provides explicit analytical expressions for mean occupation times in individual biomechanochemical states, for the splitting or backward/forward fractions, for the overall mean dwell time, and for the turnover rate. Application to the previously studied N-state sequential and (N alpha,N beta)-parallel-chain models provides explicit structural criteria (independent of the zero-load transition rates) that determine whether mid /V/ diverges to large values or, conversely, exhibits extrema and converges to a vanishing value as the externally imposed load grows. Closed-form analytical extensions accommodate side-chain and looped side-chain reaction sequences in the enzymatic cycle. A general divided-pathway model is analyzed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. dtsygank@umd.edu
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsygankov
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins