CURRENT NOISE REVEALS PROTONATION KINETICS AND NUMBER OF IONIZABLE SITES IN AN OPEN PROTEIN ION CHANNEL

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作者
BEZRUKOV, SM
KASIANOWICZ, JJ
机构
[1] NIDDK,LBM,BIOPHYS UNIT,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[2] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,DIV BIOTECHNOL,BIOSENSORS GRP,GAITHERSBURG,MD 20899
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2352
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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In analogy to current fluctuations found in solid state electronic microstructure devices, excess noise generated by the reversible ionization of sites in a transmembrane ionic channel was observed. By analyzing the pH-dependent fluctuations in the current through fully open single channels formed by the alpha-toxin protein, we were able to evaluate the protonation rate constants, the number of sites participating in the protonation process, and the effect of recharging a single site on the channel conductance.
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