The relationship study between the interaction energy of dimers on the microtubule wall and the lengths of microtubule
Considering the hollow and periodic structure of microtubule(MT),the protofilaments of the MT are regarded as a one-dimensional ferroelectric system.Each aβ dimer unit can be treated as a"double potential well"model,and the mobile electron may be in"α potential well"also in"βpotential well",corresponding to two pseudo-spin quantum states in the direction of up and down respectively.The relationship between the dimers interaction energy of a protofilament on the MT wall and MT lengths was investigated by the"pseudo-spin"quantum theory.
"double potential well"modelpseudo-spin theoryinteraction energy of dimerslengths of microtubule