Bacteriorhodopsin: current-voltage dependence

  • Current-voltage dependences for different tentative bacteriorhodopsin models were studied in order to explain the linearity of this dependence observed in our previous experiments. It is proved that the best correspondence with experiment occurs when the passive proton transport path is assumed to contain many binding sites and the thickness of the widest barrier separating these sites is not more than 1 nm. One of the following two conditions is necessary: (1) electrostatic repulsion of protons in the channel is so strong that not more than one proton can be in the channel at a time; the potential energy of a proton in this channel decreases linearly towards the active site. (2) Electrostatic repulsion between protons in the channel is moderate, and the binding energy of a proton at all channel sites is equal. Under conditions of high channel occupation, single-file effects lead to non-linearity of the current-voltage characteristics if there is no electrostatic repulsion.

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Author: V. I. Portnov, Vladimir M. MirskyORCiDGND, Vladislav S. Markin
ISSN:0302-4598
Title of the source (English):Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:1990
Volume/Year:23
Issue number:1
First Page:45
Last Page:63
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Nanobiotechnologie
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