Abstract
Many essential functions of biological membrane systems (e.g. nerve and muscle membranes) are coupled to their permeabilities to cations. The cation permeabilities of biological membranes are controlled by specific permeation proteins which often confer a remarkable alkali ion specificity to the membrane in which they are situated (Fig. 1a). It is important to note here that the maximum permeability is not obtained with the smallest or the largest alkali ion. In Figure 1c a similar specificity of the enzymic activity of pyruvate carboxylase for alkali ions is shown.
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Grell, E., Oberbäumer, I. (1977). Dynamic Aspects of Carrier-Mediated Cation Transport Through Membranes. In: Pecht, I., Rigler, R. (eds) Chemical Relaxation in Molecular Biology. Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81117-3_11
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