Computer simulation of the kinetics of the sodium pump |
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| Authors: | M P Majumdar C K Mitra |
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| Affiliation: | School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. |
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| Abstract: | A simple kinetic model for the membrane-bound enzyme, 'Na+, K(+)-ATPase', is presented. An equation for the efflux of Na+ and influx of K+ is derived. This also explains multiple ligand binding of homospecies of these cations and competition between heterospecies of these cations. The equation is computed by a small BASIC program and its validity is sought by comparing the results with a few experimental data. |
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