| Title: | Symmetry-induced maximum entropy production in enzyme kinetics : a noether-type mechanism |
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| Authors: | ID Dobovišek, Andrej (Author)
ID Fajmut, Aleš (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Dobovisek_Andrej_2026.htm (143,53 KB)
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2026.131366
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
FZV - Faculty of Health Sciences
MF - Faculty of Medicine
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| Abstract: | We investigate the maximum entropy production principle (MEPP) in a minimal two-state enzymatic cycle at a nonequilibrium steady state. Using master-equation kinetics, we show that maximal entropy production arises not by explicit extremization but from internal kinetic constraints together with statistically symmetric occupancy of enzyme states. Under these conditions, the Briggs-Haldane steady-state flux equals the structural upper limit set by the catalytic scheme, while the total thermodynamic force is a constant determined solely by intrinsic unimolecular rates. At the microscopic level, a uniform distribution over configurations admits a Lie group of infinitesimal rotations that leave the probability distribution, flux, and force invariant; hence the entropy-production functional is invariant. This yields a Noether-type interpretation of MEPP: maximal entropy production is a structural invariant of an internally organized enzymatic cycle, rather than an externally imposed variational optimum. |
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| Keywords: | nonequilibrium steady state, entropy production, Shannon entropy, enzyme kinetics, noether-type symmetry |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 09.02.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2026 |
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| Number of pages: | 12 str. |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 686, št. članka 131366 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-97049  |
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| UDC: | 536.7:530.145:577.152 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0378-4371 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 268368131 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physa.2026.131366 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 13.02.2026 |
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| Views: | 163 |
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| Downloads: | 11 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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