Distribution of first-reaction times with target regions on boundaries of shell-like domains
- We study the probability density function (PDF) of the first-reaction times between a diffusive ligand and a membrane-bound, immobile imperfect target region in a restricted 'onion-shell' geometry bounded by two nested membranes of arbitrary shapes. For such a setting, encountered in diverse molecular signal transduction pathways or in the narrow escape problem with additional steric constraints, we derive an exact spectral form of the PDF, as well as present its approximate form calculated by help of the so-called self-consistent approximation. For a particular case when the nested domains are concentric spheres, we get a fully explicit form of the approximated PDF, assess the accuracy of this approximation, and discuss various facets of the obtained distributions. Our results can be straightforwardly applied to describe the PDF of the terminal reaction event in multi-stage signal transduction processes.
Author details: | Denis S. GrebenkovORCiD, Ralf MetzlerORCiDGND, Gleb OshaninORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac4282 |
ISSN: | 1367-2630 |
Title of parent work (English): | New Journal of Physics (NJP) |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Place of publishing: | London |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2021/12/29 |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Release date: | 2022/07/25 |
Tag: | approximate methods; diffusion; first-passage time; first-reaction time; shell-like geometries |
Volume: | 2021 |
Article number: | 123049 |
Print run: | 23 |
Number of pages: | 23 |
First page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 23 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Grantor: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 1255 |