Table 2. Transport equation at Erev for transporters with different substrate: ion stoichiometries.
Process | Transport principle | Stoichiometry |
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Uniport | mSain → mSaout | |
Symport | mSain + nIbin↔mSaout + nIbout |
When* a = -2, b =1 When a = 1, b = 2 When a =0, b = 1 |
Antiport | mSaout + nIbin↔mSain + nIbout |
When a = -2, b = 2 When a = 1, b = 2 |
R is the universal gas constant, T is the temperature (in °K), F is the Faraday constant, a and b are the substrate and ion charges, respectively, Δψis the voltage difference across the membrane, m and n denotes the number of substrate and ions respectively. I, S denote ion and substrate respectively. At equilibrium with conversion to the base 10 log, and approximating RT/F as 60mV.