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Brownian motion, fluctuation and life
Authors:Yanagida Toshio  Ueda Masahiro  Murata Tsutomu  Esaki Seiji  Ishii Yoshiharu
Institution:Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. yanagida@phys1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:The measurements of dynamic behaviors of biomolecules in relation to their functions have been allowed using single molecule measurements. Thermal Brownian motion causes random step motion of motor proteins and structural fluctuation of protein molecules between multiple states. In hierarchic structure of life, the fluctuation is modulated. Random fluctuation is biased to directional motion and reactions as a result of interaction of proteins. The fluctuation of kinetic state of signaling proteins results in polarization and localization of cells. A recognition process in brain is also explained by the equation analogous to biochemical reaction at the molecular level. Thus dynamic processes originated from thermal motion may play an important role in activation processes in life.
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