Shock detection in dynamics of motor proteins KIF1A via Jensen-Shannon divergence

J. SPARACINO; P. W. LAMBERTI; C.M.ARIZMENDI

Santiago

Workshop; XIII Workshop on Instabilities and Non-equilibrium Structures.; 2011

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE / FAC.DE CS. FISICAS Y MATEMATICAS

Information theoretic quantities are useful tools to characterize symbolic sequences. In this work, we use the Jensen-Shannon divergence to study symbolic binary sequences that represent the stationary state of a lattice-gas model describing the traffic of monomeric kinesin KIF1A. More specifically, the constructed binary sequences represent the state of a microtubule protofilament at different adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and KIF1A motor concentrations in the cytosol. The model presents some stationary regimes with phase coexistence. By using the Jensen-Shannon divergence, we develop a method of analysis that allows us to identify cases in which phase coexistence occurs and, for these cases, to locate the position of the interphase that separates the regions with different phase.