Oosawa Y, Kasai M
Department of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
Biophys J. 1988 Sep;54(3):407-10. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(88)82974-6.
A single cation-channel from Tetrahymena cilia was incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. This channel was voltage-independent and is permeable to K+ and Ca2+. In the experiments with mixed solutions where the concentrations of K+ and Ca2+ were varied, the single-channel conductance was found to be influenced by the Gibbs-Donnan ratio. The data are explained by assuming that the binding sites of this channel were always occupied by two potassium ions or one calcium ion under the present experimental conditions (5 mM-90 mM K+ and 0.5 mM-35 mM Ca2+) and these bound cations determined the channel conductivity.
来自四膜虫纤毛的单个阳离子通道被整合到平面脂质双分子层中。该通道不依赖电压,对K⁺和Ca²⁺具有通透性。在K⁺和Ca²⁺浓度变化的混合溶液实验中,发现单通道电导受吉布斯-唐南比率影响。通过假设在当前实验条件下(5 mM - 90 mM K⁺和0.5 mM - 35 mM Ca²⁺)该通道的结合位点总是被两个钾离子或一个钙离子占据,且这些结合的阳离子决定通道电导率,来解释这些数据。