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. 2000 Mar;78(3):1166–1175. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76674-4

Properties of the stochastic energization-relaxation channel model for vectorial ion transport.

E Muneyuki 1, T A Fukami 1
PMCID: PMC1300719  PMID: 10692306

Abstract

A model for the primary active transport by an ion pump protein is proposed. The model, the "energization-relaxation channel model," describes an ion pump as a multiion channel that undergoes stochastic transitions between two conformational states by external energy supply. When the potential profile along ion transport pathway is asymmetrical, a net ion flux is induced by the transitions. In this model, the coupling of the conformational change and ion transport is stochastic and loose. The model qualitatively reproduces known properties of active transport such as the effect of ion concentration gradient and membrane potential on the rate of transport and the inhibition of ion transport at high ion concentration. We further examined the effect of various parameters on the ion transport properties of this model. The efficiency of the coupling was almost 100% under some conditions.

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