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. 2010 Oct 8;5(10):e13278. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013278

Table 1. Reestimated parameter values for our previous models of mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter with additional constraint: α e = α x = α≥0.

Parameters Model 1 Model 2 References
Case 1 Case 2 Case 1 Case 2
Inline graphic 44.50.300.34 44.50.300.34 32.60.380.43 32.60.380.43 [16] [13] [12]
Inline graphic 44.50.300.34 44.5×m20.30×m20.34×m2 32.60.380.43 32.6×m20.38×m20.43×m2 [16] [13] [12]
Inline graphic 45.9×10−645.9×10−688.1×10−6 45.9×10−645.9×10−688.1×10−6 38.7×10−638.7×10−674.3×10−6 38.7×10−638.7×10−674.3×10−6 [16] [13] [12]
Inline graphic 45.9×10−645.9×10−688.1×10−6 45.9×10−6×m45.9×10−6×m88.1×10−6×m 38.7×10−638.7×10−674.3×10−6 38.7×10−6×m38.7×10−6×m74.3×10−6×m [16] [13] [12]
α e = α x = α 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 [12], [13], [16]
β e 0.113 0.113 0.113 0.113 [12], [13], [16]
β x 0.887 0.887 0.887 0.887 [12], [13], [16]

The rate constants Inline graphic and Inline graphic are redefined here as Inline graphic and Inline graphic and are in the units of nmol/mg/s; the binding constants Inline graphic and Inline graphic are in the units of molar. The kinetic and biophysical parameters satisfy the kinetic and thermodynamic constraints: Inline graphic and Inline graphic as well as the additional constraint: α e = α x = α≥0. The Case 1 corresponds to Inline graphic and Inline graphic, while the Case 2 corresponds to Inline graphic and Inline graphic. Note that m is an arbitrary number indicating the existence of multiple estimates of the kinetic parameters Inline graphic and Inline graphic in Case 2 of the uniporter model.