Cooperative Function with Thermal Fluctuations in Mechanical Networks

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Autori principali: Pisanty, Ben, Andrejevic, Jovana, Liu, Andrea J., Nagel, Sidney R.
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Pisanty, Ben
Andrejevic, Jovana
Liu, Andrea J.
Nagel, Sidney R.
author_facet Pisanty, Ben
Andrejevic, Jovana
Liu, Andrea J.
Nagel, Sidney R.
contents Elastic networks can be tuned to exhibit complex mechanical responses and have been extensively used to study protein allosteric functionality, where a localized strain regulates the conformation at a distant site. We show that cooperative binding, where two sites each enhance the other's ability to function, can be trained via a symmetric application of the training previously employed for creating network allostery. We identify a crossover temperature above which cooperative functionality breaks down due to thermal fluctuations. We develop a modified training protocol to increase this crossover temperature, enabling function to remain robust at biologically relevant temperatures.
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spellingShingle Cooperative Function with Thermal Fluctuations in Mechanical Networks
Pisanty, Ben
Andrejevic, Jovana
Liu, Andrea J.
Nagel, Sidney R.
Soft Condensed Matter
Elastic networks can be tuned to exhibit complex mechanical responses and have been extensively used to study protein allosteric functionality, where a localized strain regulates the conformation at a distant site. We show that cooperative binding, where two sites each enhance the other's ability to function, can be trained via a symmetric application of the training previously employed for creating network allostery. We identify a crossover temperature above which cooperative functionality breaks down due to thermal fluctuations. We develop a modified training protocol to increase this crossover temperature, enabling function to remain robust at biologically relevant temperatures.
title Cooperative Function with Thermal Fluctuations in Mechanical Networks
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20560