Ion transport through cell membrane channels

Details Ion transport through cell membrane channels Ion transport through cell membrane channels

2007-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/0706.0683v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Subcellular Processes

review paper, 21 pages

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We discuss various models of ion transport through cell membrane channels. Recent experimental data shows that sizes of ion channels are compared to those of ions and that only few ions may be simultaneously in any single channel. Theoretical description of ion transport in such channels should therefore take into account interactions between ions and between ions and channel proteins. This is not satisfied by macroscopic continuum models based on Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations. More realistic descriptions of ion transport are offered by microscopic Brownian and molecular dynamics. One should also take into account a dynamical character of the channel structure. This is not yet addressed in the literature

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