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The Na + -K + ATPase Pump. Cardiac glycosides: plant and animal steroids Ouabain! Digitalis!:
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Cardiac glycosides: plant and animal steroids Ouabain! Digitalis!: increased Na+ conc inside heart leads to stimulation of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, which extrudes sodium in exchange for inward movement of calcium. Increased intracellular Calcium stimulates muscle contraction.
Response of a human RBC to changes in osmolarityof the extracellular fluid
The Na+-K+ ATPase Pump is required to maintain Osmotic Balance and Stabilize Cell VolumeSources of Intracellular Osmolarity:large number of counterions (inorganic ions of opposite charge) that are attracted to large macromolecules (most are charged).small metabolites (high concentration of small organic molecules, sugars, amino acids, nucleotides) and their counterions Sources of Extracellular Osmolarity: Due mainly to small inorganic ions - these leak slowly across the plasma membrane into the cell. The problem: Because of above factors, water moves into the cell by osmosisThe Solution:Na+-K+ ATPase Pump
Hinge-bending Model for the opening of the Bacterial KcsA Channel.
The Structure of One subunit of a eukaryotic, Voltage Gated K+ Channel (Drosophila Shaker K+ Channel)
A typical ion channel fluctuates between open and closed states
The technique of patch clamp recordingMeasuring Ion Channel Conductance
The membrane potential in animal cells depends mainly on K+ Leak channels and the K+ gradient across the plasma membrane
dGconc + dGvolt = 0Ion distribution is at equilibrium across the membrane
The Resting Potential decays only slowly when the Na+ K+ Pump is stopped