Figure 8
From: An exact approach for studying cargo transport by an ensemble of molecular motors
A representation of the steady state probability distributions Î for an ensemble of three motors with low load (a) and high load on the cargo (b). The rear-guard motor is taken as a reference. The x and the y axes represent the distance of the other two motors from the rear-guard one. The distance is expressed in number of locations on the microtubule. The z axis represent the probability associated with a specific relative configuration. In the case of a low load, the motor proteins tend to be more spread out. Instead, in the case of a high load we observe that they tend to be clustered together or to prefer a configuration with two leading motors and the rear-guard lagging behind.