Biomembrane Electrochemistry

by Blank, Martin; Vodyanoy, Igor

• ISBN13: 9780841225244
• ISBN10: 0841225249
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-05-05
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Addresses the application of electrochemical techniques to biological membranes and channel processes. Explores the physical basis of biological sensory and energy transducing processing through a focus on the electrochemical properties of membrane protei

Table of Contents

Preface
Interaction Forces between Membrane Surfaces: Role of Electrostatic Concepts	p. 3
Time-Resolved Dynamics of Proton Diffusion at a Water-Membrane Interface	p. 27
Role of Water in Proton Conductance across Model and Biological Membranes	p. 41
Interfacial Ion Transport between Immiscible Liquids	p. 55
Channel-Forming Peptides in Uniformly Aligned Multilayers of Membranes	p. 83
Conformation and Mobility of Membrane Proteins in Electric Fields	p. 107
Coupling between Bilayer Curvature Elasticity and Membrane Protein Activity	p. 129
Characterization of Potentiometric Membrane Dyes	p. 151
Water at the Macromolecular Surface: Solvation Energy and Functional Control	p. 177
Connexin-32: A Protein That Forms Channels through One or Two Membranes	p. 197
Structure and Function of Gap Junctions in the Photoreceptor Axon Terminals of the Fly	p. 225
The Mitochondrial Voltage-Dependent Anion-Selective Channel	p. 245
The Structural Basis of Peptide Channel Formation	p. 259
Genetic Approaches to Electrogenic Proton Transport by a Yeast H[superscript +]-ATPase	p. 315
Design Principles and Chemical Synthesis of Oligomeric Channel Proteins	p. 329
Fractal Analysis of Channel Mechanisms	p. 357
Noise in Biological Membranes and Relevant Ionic Systems	p. 375
Laser Doppler Scattering for the Determination of Ionic Velocity Distributions in Channels and Membranes	p. 401
Determination of Potassium- and Sodium-Channel Relaxation Times in Squid Nerve Fibers from Membrane Admittance Analysis	p. 415
Electrochemical Model of Voltage-Gated Channels	p. 429
Theory of Electroporation	p. 447
Cytochrome c[subscript 3]: Properties and Recent Insights	p. 471
Evaluation of Surface-Bound Membranes with Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy	p. 491
Electronic Processes and Redox Reactions in Bilayer Lipid Membranes	p. 513
Electrochemical Processes in Membranes That Contain Bacteriorhodopsin	p. 531
Electroconformational Coupling: Enforced Conformational Oscillations of a Membrane Enzyme for Energy Transduction	p. 561
Author Index	p. 579
Affiliation Index	p. 579
Subject Index	p. 580
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