Motor shot noise explains active fluctuations in a single cilium
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| author | Kotz, Maximilian Geyer, Veikko F. Friedrich, Benjamin M. |
| author_facet | Kotz, Maximilian Geyer, Veikko F. Friedrich, Benjamin M. |
| contents | Mesoscopic fluctuations reveal stochastic dynamics of molecules in both inanimate and living matter. We investigate how small-number fluctuations shape the collective dynamics of molecular motors using motile cilia as model system. We theoretically show that fluctuations in the number of bound motors are sufficient to explain experimentally observed fluctuations in the cilia beat, including a quality factor $Q$ that measures oscillation precision and phase defects of intra-cilium synchronization. Our findings constrain theories of motor control and establish a link between microscopic motor noise and mesoscopic non-equilibrium dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Motor shot noise explains active fluctuations in a single cilium Kotz, Maximilian Geyer, Veikko F. Friedrich, Benjamin M. Biological Physics Mesoscopic fluctuations reveal stochastic dynamics of molecules in both inanimate and living matter. We investigate how small-number fluctuations shape the collective dynamics of molecular motors using motile cilia as model system. We theoretically show that fluctuations in the number of bound motors are sufficient to explain experimentally observed fluctuations in the cilia beat, including a quality factor $Q$ that measures oscillation precision and phase defects of intra-cilium synchronization. Our findings constrain theories of motor control and establish a link between microscopic motor noise and mesoscopic non-equilibrium dynamics. |
| title | Motor shot noise explains active fluctuations in a single cilium |
| topic | Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10727 |