A23187—Channel behaviour: Fluorescence study


Autoria(s): Jyothi, G; Surolia , A; Easwaran, KRK
Data(s)

01/09/1994

Resumo

Pyranine entrapped soylipid liposomes have been used as a model system to study the proton transport across membrane in the presence of A23187, a carboxylic ionophore specific for electroneutral exchange of divalent cations. An apparent rate constant (k(app)) for transport of protons has been determined from the rate of change of fluorescence intensity of pyranine by stopped flow rapid kinetics in the presence of proton gradient. The variation of k(app) has been studied as a function of ionophore concentration and the results have been compared with gramicidin-a well known channel former under the similar experimental conditions. The rates thus obtained showed that A23187 is not only a simple carrier but also shows channel behaviour at high concentration of ionophore.

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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/36090/1/calcium.pdf

Jyothi, G and Surolia , A and Easwaran, KRK (1994) A23187—Channel behaviour: Fluorescence study. In: Journal of Biosciences, 19 (3). pp. 277-282. (Submitted)

Publicador

Indian Academy of Sciences

Relação

http://www.ias.ac.in/j_archive/jbiosci/19/3/JB-Sept%283%2994.htm

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/36090/

Palavras-Chave #Molecular Biophysics Unit
Tipo

Journal Article

NonPeerReviewed