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. 2012 May 8;3:114. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00114

Table 3.

Parameter values for SERCA (uptake), NCX, and background leak fluxes.

Symbol Definition Value
vup Maximum pump rate of SERCA 0.32 μM ms−1
kup Half-maximal activation constant for SERCA 1.0 μM
v2 Adjustable pump rate constant of NCX 0.4 μM ms−1
η NCX voltage sensitivity constant 0.35
F Faraday’s constant 96.5 C mmol−1
R Gas constant 8.314 J M−1 K − 1
T Temperature 310 K
[Ca]0 External [Ca] 1.80 mM
[Na]0 External [Na] 136 mM
KmCaact Allosteric Ca inactivation constant 0.11 μM
KmCao External Ca sensitivity constant 1.30 mM
KmNao External Na sensitivity constant 87.5 mM
KmCai Internal Ca sensitivity constant 3.59 μM
KmNai Internal Na sensitivity constant 12.3 mM
ksat NCX saturation constant 0.27
gbg Rate of background membrane leak 0.0003·10−5 μM ms−1
gSRleak Rate of SR leak 4.0·10−6 ms−1
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