Figure 6.
The inhibition mechanism is competitive. (A–E) Determination of inhibition constant Ki for compound 16b at different concentrations of alanine. The red lines are fits of the currents according to the following equation: I = I1 + I2 [Inh]/(Ki + [Inh]), where I1 is the alanine-induced current without inhibitor, and I2 is the maximum current in the presence of saturating inhibitor concentration, [Inh]max (Albers et al., 2012). (F) KI plotted as a function of the alanine concentration, showing a linear relationship according to the equation Ki(Ala) = Ki(0) + [Ala] Ki(0)/Km(Alanine), where Ki(Ala) and Ki(0) are the KI values in the presence and absence of alanine and Km(Alanine) is the apparent Michaelis–Menten constant for alanine activation of anion current. Error bars represent ±SD.