Monitoring of artificial enzyme membrane systems by electric currents: I. Analytical treatment with direct current and buffered conductivity |
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Authors: | JM Valleton JC Vincent E Selegny |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Charged, Active and Chiral Polymers and of Biomimetics, E.R.A.471., University of Rouen, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France |
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Abstract: | Continuous electric fields (E) modify the transport flows and the intramembrane concentration profiles of protons or of ionic substrates or cofactors (inhibitors). These ‘mediators’ induce variations in enzyme activity, quantifiable by a generalized Damköhler group II Ψ distinguishing electrotransport reactions from diffusion reactions. For three typical reaction schemas, using only one mediator, the steady-state equations have been established. Depending on boundary conditions, the direction of electric current (for asymmetrical systems) and the value of Ψ. activations, inhibitions or activations followed by inactivations have been found. With buffered conductivity (supporting electrolyte), the limiting concentration profiles (E → ∞) are uniformly equal to the boundary values; i.e., diffusion constraints are suppressed and the regime is controlled by the reaction. The calculations give the relative activity variations for partially suppressed transport controls. |
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Keywords: | Key words: Enzyme-membrane system: Direct current activity modulation |
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