Analysis of single particle diffusion with transient binding using particle filtering

Jason Bernstein, John Fricks

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Abstract

Diffusion with transient binding occurs in a variety of biophysical processes, including movement of transmembrane proteins, T cell adhesion, and caging in colloidal fluids. We model diffusion with transient binding as a Brownian particle undergoing Markovian switching between free diffusion when unbound and diffusion in a quadratic potential centered around a binding site when bound. Assuming the binding site is the last position of the particle in the unbound state and Gaussian observational error obscures the true position of the particle, we use particle filtering to predict when the particle is bound and to locate the binding sites. Maximum likelihood estimators of diffusion coefficients, state transition probabilities, and the spring constant in the bound state are computed with a stochastic Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)109-121
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Theoretical Biology
Volume401
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 21 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Particle filter
  • Particle tracking
  • Switching model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Applied Mathematics

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