Fluctuation relations and fluctuation-response for molecular motors

Fluctuation relations are a set of remarkable relations obeyed by a large class of systems and arbitrarily far from equilibrium. It is interesting to discuss the implications of these relations for molecular motors, which are chemically driven enzymes. These enzymes operate stochastically at the molecular level and for these reasons undergo large thermal fluctuations. Using simple ratchet models of molecular motors, the various forms of fluctuation relations can be illustrated in a simple way. In the linear regime, finite time fluctuation relations imply specific modified fluctuation-dissipation relations.