Hill T L
Biophys J. 1986 May;49(5):981-6. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(86)83726-2.
The model used successfully by Pantaloni et al. to fit experimental data on steady-state actin polymerization is investigated theoretically. Many properties are deduced, as functions of the free subunit concentration. The model is simple enough so that one can examine analytically the question of whether actin shows the same dramatic phase changes associated with the GTP cap in microtubules. The answer is negative, judging from this model. However, it is possible to obtain such phase changes using the same model but with quite different, hypothetical choices of parameters. Thus, aside from its application to actin, this model is useful pedagogically to illustrate the nature of phase changes that may occur at the end of a steady-state polymer.
理论上研究了Pantaloni等人成功用于拟合稳态肌动蛋白聚合实验数据的模型。推导了许多作为游离亚基浓度函数的性质。该模型足够简单,以至于人们可以通过分析来研究肌动蛋白是否表现出与微管中GTP帽相关的相同显著相变问题。从这个模型判断,答案是否定的。然而,使用相同的模型但采用截然不同的假设参数选择,有可能获得这样的相变。因此,除了应用于肌动蛋白外,这个模型在教学上有助于说明稳态聚合物末端可能发生的相变的性质。