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Siekmann, I, Sneyd, J and Crampin, EJ (2014) Statistical analysis of modal gating in ion channels. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470 (2166). ISSN 1364-5021
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Abstract
Ion channels regulate the concentrations of ions within cells. By stochastically opening and closing its pore, they enable or prevent ions from crossing the cell membrane. However, rather than opening with a constant probability, many ion channels switch between several different levels of activity even if the experimental conditions are unchanged. This phenomenon is known as modal gating: instead of directly adapting its activity, the channel seems to mix sojourns in active and inactive modes in order to exhibit intermediate open probabilities. Evidence is accumulating that modal gating rather than modulation of opening and closing at a faster time scale is the primary regulatory mechanism of ion channels. However, currently, no method is available for reliably calculating sojourns in different modes. In order to address this challenge, we develop a statistical framework for segmenting single-channel datasets into segments that are characteristic for particular modes. The algorithm finds the number of mode changes, detects their locations and infers the open probabilities of the modes. We apply our approach to data from the inositol-trisphosphate receptor. Based upon these results, we propose that mode changes originate from alternative conformational states of the channel protein that determine a certain level of channel activity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 01 Mathematical Sciences, 02 Physical Sciences, 09 Engineering |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Applied Mathematics (merged with Comp Sci 10 Aug 20) |
| Publisher: | Royal Society, The |
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| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2018 10:31 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 03:03 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1098/rspa.2014.0030 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8143 |
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