Mobile buffer in two-buffer terminals
| Buffer | Kd,e1 | BT,e1 | Kd,e2 | BT,e2 | VA | τ | [Ca2+]Free,0 | n |
| µM | µM | µM | µM | s | µM | |||
| Immobile | 0.47 ± 0.09 | 230 ± 90 | 5.5 ± 1.2 | 105 ± 8 | 0.39 ± 0.08 | - | 0.612 ± 0.08 | 5 |
| Mobile | 0.28 ± 0.14 | 470 ± 210 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 180 ± 90 | 0.37 ± 0.06 | 243 ± 56 | 0.603 ± 0.11 | 4 |
| Buffer | Kd,e1 | BT,e1 | Kd,e2 | BT,e2 | VA | τ | [Ca2+]Free,0 | n |
| µM | µM | µM | µM | s | µM | |||
| Immobile | 0.47 ± 0.09 | 230 ± 90 | 5.5 ± 1.2 | 105 ± 8 | 0.39 ± 0.08 | - | 0.612 ± 0.08 | 5 |
| Mobile | 0.28 ± 0.14 | 470 ± 210 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 180 ± 90 | 0.37 ± 0.06 | 243 ± 56 | 0.603 ± 0.11 | 4 |
Endogenous Ca2+ buffer properties from nerve terminals with two endogenous buffers, where either both components appear to have undetectable mobility (top row) or the higher-affinity buffer has a significantly higher mobility (bottom row). Kd,e1, BT,e1, Kd,e2, BT,e2, and τ were determined by fitting to Eq. 2, with the inclusion of an exponential factor multiplying [Be1] and allowing the time constant to vary. VA and [Ca2+]Free,0 were as described in Table 1. τ gives the time constant for exponential decay of the concentration of the high-affinity endogenous buffer by diffusion into the patch pipette. For the top row, no washout could be detected. The fitting yielded a value for τ indistinguishable from zero.