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2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 12265-12278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Lentz ◽  
Stephen H. Garofalini

Glass surface/water heterogeneity and proton transfer: H3O+(1) forms, transfers excess proton to other H2O; O(2) takes excess proton from a different H3O+; O(3) forms asymmetric H-bonds to (4), (5), (6) via rotations.


2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Österberg ◽  
Garrett M. Morris ◽  
Michel F. Sanner ◽  
Arthur J. Olson ◽  
David S. Goodsell

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. M. Hinke ◽  
D. C. Gayton

The activities of K+ and Cl− in the myoplasm of single fibers from the giant barnacle were measured at differing steady states by means of ion-selective microelectrodes. In one experiment, the fiber was equilibrated in a series of solutions in which [K]o and [Cl]o varied but [K]o × [Cl]o and [K]o + [Na]o were constant. In a second experiment, the fiber was equilibrated in solutions in which [K]o varied but [Cl]o and [K]o + [Na]o were constant. In a final experiment, the fiber was equilibrated in solutions in which [K]o, [Cl]o, and osmolarity were increased. The results support the view that the free K+ and Cl− activities in the myoplasm of the muscle fiber in the steady state can be defined by the equation (aK)o/(aK)i = (aCl)i/(aCl)o = exp (EF/RT), where a refers to ionic activity and E to the membrane potential. (Subscripts o and i refer to 'outside' and 'inside' the fiber, respectively.) The results are consistent with the results presented in the following paper which indicate that a significant fraction of the intracellular Cl− is not free in the myoplasm and that free myoplasmic Cl− is excluded from about 45% of the intracellular water. Free myoplasmic K+ appears to be excluded from only 15% of the intracellular water. The results also demonstrate that, because of the ion and water heterogeneity in the fiber, fiber concentrations of K+ and Cl− cannot be used in place of activities in the above equation.


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