Abstract
Ball and chain model of inactivation process of some of the ion channels is resolved by means of diffusion (hyperbolic and parabolic operators). Polypeptide ball -a part of the channel's protein that is responsible for inactivation, is treated as a Brownian particle tethered on polypeptide chain. First passage time of the ball is calculated and compared with experimental data. It is shown that diffusion provides an insight into the mechanism of inactivation process in agreement with experimental data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1865-1879 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Acta Physica Polonica B |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2007 |
| Event | 19th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics - Zakopane, Poland Duration: 14 May 2006 → 17 May 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
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