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Biophysical Journal 8: 99-108 (1968)
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Enzyme Activities in Polarized Cell Membranes

L. Bass and D. K. McIlroy

ABSTRACT

The theoretical pH dependence of enzyme activities in membranes of low dielectric constant is estimated. It is shown that in biological membranes some types of enzymes may attain a limiting pH sensitivity such that an increment of only 0.2 pH unit (sufficient to induce action potentials in squid axons) causes a relative activity change of over 25%. The transients of enzyme activity generated by membrane depolarization and by pH increments in the bathing solution are discussed in relation to the transients of nervous excitation.






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