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Random Walk by Majority Rule and L\'evy walk

Biological Physics 2018-01-03 v2 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

We have studied a random walk model based on majority rule. At a given instant, the moving direction of a cargo is determined by motor coordination mediated by a tug-of-war mechanism between two kinds of competing motor proteins. We have demonstrated that the probability distribution P(t)P(t) for unidirectional run time tt of a cargo can be remarkably described by Levy walk for t<γu1t<\gamma_u^{-1} as P(t)t3/2eγutP(t)\propto t^{-3/2} e^{-\gamma_u t} with γu\gamma_u being the unbinding rate of a motor protein from microtubule. The mean squared displacement of a cargo changes from super-diffusive behavior X2t2\langle X^2\rangle\propto t^2 for t<γu1t<\gamma_u^{-1} to normal diffusion X2t\langle X^2\rangle\propto t for t>γu1t>\gamma_u^{-1}. By considering the correlation effect in binding of a motor protein to microtubule, we have shown that Levy walk behavior of P(t)t3/2P(t)\propto t^{-{3/2}} persists robustly against correlations only adding an effective cutoff time γb/γc2\gamma_b/\gamma_c^2 with γc\gamma_c representing the amount of correlations.

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@article{arxiv.1712.07306,
  title  = {Random Walk by Majority Rule and L\'evy walk},
  author = {Hyungseok Chad Moon and Kyungsun Moon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.07306},
  year   = {2018}
}
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