title: Bounds and phase diagram of efficiency at maximum power for tight-coupling molecular motors.
abstract: The efficiency at maximum power (EMP) for tight-coupling molecular motors is investigated within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. It is found that the EMP depends merely on the constitutive relation between the thermodynamic current and force. The motors are classified into four generic types (linear, superlinear, sublinear, and mixed types) according to the characteristics of the constitutive relation, and then the corresponding ranges of the EMP for these four types of molecular motors are obtained. The exact bounds of the EMP are derived and expressed as the explicit functions of the free energy released by the fuel in each motor step. A phase diagram is constructed which clearly shows how the region where the parameters (the load distribution factor and the free energy released by the fuel in each motor step) are located can determine whether the value of the EMP is larger or smaller than 1/2. This phase diagram reveals that motors using ATP as fuel under physiological conditions can work at maximum power with higher efficiency (> 1/2) for a small load distribution factor (< 0.1).
authors: Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. tuzc@bnu.edu.cn
authors: Z C
authors: ZC
authors: Tu
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins
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