Channel-Facilitated Molecular Transport Across Membranes: Attraction, Repulsion and Asymmetry

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2006-10-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610086v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

8 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.048105

Transport of molecules across membrane channels is investigated theoretically using exactly solvable discrete stochastic site-binding models. It is shown that the interaction potential between molecules and the channel has a strong effect on translocation dynamics. The presence of attractive binding sites in the pore accelerates the particle current for small concentrations outside of the membrane, while for large concentrations, surprisingly, repulsive binding sites produce the most optimal transport. In addition, asymmetry of the interaction potential also strongly influences the channel transport. The mechanism of these phenomena are discussed using the details of particle dynamics at the binding sites.

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