Effect of constraining parameters on coupling and cooperativitya
| Allosteric factors | No constraints on the gating parametersb | Constraints from Horrigan et al. (1999) c | Constraints from Fig. 2 d |
| Scheme IV | |||
| D | 22.9 ± 4.0 | 21.9 ± 0.4 | 16.6 ± 1.8 |
| E | 0.997 ± 0.080 | 1.23 ± 0.47 | 1.00 ± 0.054 |
| Scheme V | |||
| D | 17.4 ± 2.2 | 18.0 ± 2.6 | 12.9 ± 0.4 |
| E | 1.48 ± 0.06 | 1.41 ± 0.31 | 1.21 ± 0.13 |
| U | 5.02 ± 3.24 | 2.46 ± 0.57 | 4.27 ± 1.64 |
| W | 1.34 ± 0.39 | 1.27 ± 0.50 | 1.23 ± 0.38 |
| Allosteric factors | No constraints on the gating parametersb | Constraints from Horrigan et al. (1999) c | Constraints from Fig. 2 d |
| Scheme IV | |||
| D | 22.9 ± 4.0 | 21.9 ± 0.4 | 16.6 ± 1.8 |
| E | 0.997 ± 0.080 | 1.23 ± 0.47 | 1.00 ± 0.054 |
| Scheme V | |||
| D | 17.4 ± 2.2 | 18.0 ± 2.6 | 12.9 ± 0.4 |
| E | 1.48 ± 0.06 | 1.41 ± 0.31 | 1.21 ± 0.13 |
| U | 5.02 ± 3.24 | 2.46 ± 0.57 | 4.27 ± 1.64 |
| W | 1.34 ± 0.39 | 1.27 ± 0.50 | 1.23 ± 0.38 |
Values are the mean ± SEM for BKB channels DM1–4.
All the gating parameters in the indicated schemes were free, with their values determined by maximum likelihood fitting.
qa, qb, qH, and qK were fixed to values in Horrigan et al. (1999) of 0.275 eo, −0.275 eo, 0.262 eo, and −0.138 eo, respectively.
H, K, qH, and qK were fixed to the values from Fig. 2 of 3.85 s−1, 6423 s−1, 0.237 eo, and −0.0994 eo, respectively.