Use of current-voltage diagrams in locating peak energy barriers in cell membranes
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Journal of Membrane Biology
- Vol. 29 (1), 211-229
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01868962
Abstract
The current-voltage relations obtained by integrating the Nernst-Planck equations for a variety of energy profiles are obtained. A simple and approximate method for comparing these relations is described. The method is based on using a linearized transform of current-voltage relations for an Eyring single barrier model. A parameter, γ, related to the location of the single barrier in the Eyring model, and to the shape of the barrier in other models, is readily obtained from the slopes of the linearized relations. It is then a simple matter to determine whether a given current-voltage relation allows discrimination between any particular energy profiles. The results show that the equivalent Eyring model does not always place the peak energy barrier in the same position as other models and that quite large errors in the assignment of position may be made if such a model is used. The results are also used to test the ability of some experimental current-voltage diagrams to discriminate between various energy profiles.Keywords
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