Biophysical Journal 41: 189-195 (1983)
© 1983 the Biophysical Society

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Electrostatic modeling of ion pores. II. Effects attributable to the membrane dipole potential.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents calculations of the shielded dipole potential in the interior of a pore piercing a lipid membrane that is at a potential V0 with respect to the aqueous solution. Except in the case of long narrow pores, there is substantial shielding of the membrane dipole potential. The associated dipole field never extends a significant distance into the aqueous region. The fact that the single-channel conductance of gramicidin B is only twice as large in glyceryl monooleate membranes as in phosphatidyl choline (PC) membranes, even though PC is approximately 120 mV more positive with respect to water, is interpreted in terms of the potential energy profile calculated for a gramicidin-like channel. It is demonstrated that the membrane dipole potential can significantly affect channel conductance only if the pore is narrow and if the peak in the potential energy profile occurs in the pore interior.

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