Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with high-order and dual-color correlation to probe nonequilibrium steady states
AUTOR(ES)
Qian, Hong
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
In living cells, biochemical reaction networks often function in nonequilibrium steady states. Under these conditions, the networks necessarily have cyclic reaction kinetics that are maintained by sustained constant input and output, i.e., pumping. To differentiate this state from an equilibrium state without flux, we propose a microscopic method based on concentration fluctuation measurements, via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, and statistical analyses of high-order correlations and cross correlations beyond the standard fluorescence correlation spectroscopy autocorrelation. We show that, for equilibrium systems with time reversibility, the correlation functions possess certain symmetries, the violation of which is a measure of steady-state fluxes in reaction cycles. This result demonstrates the theoretical basis for experimentally measuring reaction fluxes in a biochemical network in situ and the importance of single-molecule measurements in providing fundamental information on nonequilibrium steady-states in biochemistry.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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