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Charge fluctuations and boundary conditions of biological ion channels: effect on the ionic transition rate

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2009
<mark>Journal</mark>AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1129
Number of pages4
Pages (from-to)535-538
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A self-consistent solution is derived for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equation, valid both inside a biological ion channel and in the adjacent bulk fluid. An iterative procedure is used to match the two solutions together at the channel mouth. Charge fluctuations at the mouth are modeled as shot noise flipping the height of the potential barrier at the selectivity site. The resultant estimates of the conductivity of the ion channel are in good agreement with Gramicidin experimental measurements and they reproduce the observed current saturation with increasing concentration.

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Copyright 2009 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in AIP Conference Proceedings, 1129 (535), 2009 and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1129/535/1