Table 3.

Release flux calculation

Binding site Concentration kON kOFF Diffusion coefficient Flux 
 µM (µM ms)−1 ms−1 µm2 ms−1 mM/s 
ATP 5,000 Ca, 0.15 30 0.14 25.3 
  Mg, 2e-3 0.2   
EGTA 350 4e-3 2e-3 0.07 0.6 
Fluo-4 40 0.032 0.032 0.05 1.4 
SERCA 47 0.5 0.5 N.A. 0.9 
Troponin 70 5.7e-3 0.011 N.A. 0.1 
Sarcolemma 42 0.1 1.3 N.A. 0.1 
Free Ca2+variable N.A. N.A. 0.35 24.7 
Binding site Concentration kON kOFF Diffusion coefficient Flux 
 µM (µM ms)−1 ms−1 µm2 ms−1 mM/s 
ATP 5,000 Ca, 0.15 30 0.14 25.3 
  Mg, 2e-3 0.2   
EGTA 350 4e-3 2e-3 0.07 0.6 
Fluo-4 40 0.032 0.032 0.05 1.4 
SERCA 47 0.5 0.5 N.A. 0.9 
Troponin 70 5.7e-3 0.011 N.A. 0.1 
Sarcolemma 42 0.1 1.3 N.A. 0.1 
Free Ca2+variable N.A. N.A. 0.35 24.7 

Model parameters (concentration, reaction rates, and diffusion coefficients) are given for all Ca2+ ligands used in the calculation. The last column lists maximal contributions to the flux total by the binding of Ca2+ to the corresponding ligand. The last row lists the free Ca2+ term in the flux calculation (namely, the flux required to account for the local rate of change of [Ca2+] and diffusion of the free ion). With minor changes, parameters are as in Santiago et al. (2010) and references therein.

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