title: Temperature dependence of single channel currents and the peptide libration mechanism for ion transport through the gramicidin A transmembrane channel.
abstract: A study of the temperature dependence of gramicidin A conductance of K+ in diphytanoyllecithin/n-decane membranes shows the plot of In (single channel conductance) as a function of reciprocal temperature to be nonlinear for the most probable set of conductance states. These results are considered in terms of a series of barriers, of the dynamics of channel conformation, vis-a-vis the peptide libration mechanism, and of the effect of lipid viscosity on side chain motions again as affecting the energetics of peptide libration.
mesh_terms: D006096:Gramicidin; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D008081:Liposomes; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010455:Peptides; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D011188:Potassium; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D008081:Liposomes; D010455:Peptides; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D006096:Gramicidin; C021016:1,2-diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine; D011188:Potassium