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Mechanical factors affecting the mobility of membrane proteins

Vincent Démery
David Lacoste

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The mobility of membrane proteins controls many biological functions. The application of the model of Saffman and Delbr\"uck to the diffusion of membrane proteins does not account for all the experimental measurements. These discrepancies have triggered a lot of studies on the role of the mechanical factors in the mobility. After a short review of the Saffman and Delbr\"uck model and of some key experiments, we explore the various ways to incorporate the effects of the different mechanical factors. Our approach focuses on the coupling of the protein to the membrane, which is the central element in the modelling. We present a general, polaron-like model, its recent application to the mobility of a curvature sensitive protein, and its various extensions to other couplings that may be relevant in future experiments.

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hal-02343463 , version 1 (02-11-2019)

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Vincent Démery, David Lacoste. Mechanical factors affecting the mobility of membrane proteins. 2019. ⟨hal-02343463⟩
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