Water alignment, dipolar interactions, and multiple proton occupancy during water-wire proton transport

Details Water alignment, dipolar interactions, and multiple proton occupancy during water-wire proton transport Water alignment, dipolar interactions, and multiple proton occupancy during water-wire proton transport

2003-10-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310679v1

Biophys. J., 86, 2827-2836, (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74335-0

A discrete multistate kinetic model for water-wire proton transport is constructed and analyzed using Monte-Carlo simulations. The model allows for each water molecule to be in one of three states: oxygen lone pairs pointing leftward, pointing rightward, or protonated (H$_{3}$O$^{+}$). Specific rules for transitions among these states are defined as protons hop across successive water oxygens. We then extend the model to include water-channel interactions that preferentially align the water dipoles, nearest-neighbor dipolar coupling interactions, and coulombic repulsion. Extensive Monte-Carlo simulations were performed and the observed qualitative physical behaviors discussed. We find the parameters that allow the model to exhibit superlinear and sublinear current-voltage relationships and show why alignment fields, whether generated by interactions with the pore interior or by membrane potentials {\it always} decrease the proton current. The simulations also reveal a ``lubrication'' mechanism that suppresses water dipole interactions when the channel is multiply occupied by protons. This effect can account for an observed sublinear-to-superlinear transition in the current-voltage relationship.

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