The Membrane Potential Has a Primary Key Equation

Tamagawa, Hirohisa; Toi Nakahata; Ren Sugimori; Bernard Delalande; Mulembo, Titus

dc.contributor.author	Tamagawa, Hirohisa
dc.contributor.author	Toi Nakahata
dc.contributor.author	Ren Sugimori
dc.contributor.author	Bernard Delalande
dc.contributor.author	Mulembo, Titus
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-22T07:50:37Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-22T07:50:37Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05
dc.identifier.citation	Tamagawa, H., Nakahata, T., Sugimori, R. et al. The Membrane Potential Has a Primary Key Equation. Acta Biotheor 71, 15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-023-09467-5	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-023-09467-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.dkut.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7950
dc.description.abstract	It is common to say that the origin of the membrane potential is attributed to transmembrane ion transport, but it is theoretically possible to explain its generation by the mechanism of ion adsorption. It has been previously suggested that the ion adsorption mechanism even leads to potential formulae identical to the famous Nernst equation or the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation. Our further analysis, presented in this paper, indicates that the potential formula based on the ion adsorption mechanism leads to an equation that is a function of the surface charge density of the material and the surface potential of the material. Furthermore, we have confirmed that the equation holds in all the different experimental systems that we have studied. This equation appears to be a key equation that governs the characteristics of the membrane potential in all systems.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	The Membrane Potential Has a Primary Key Equation	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US