Table II.

Rate constants for phosphoinositide metabolism

Parameter Value Units Rationale 
k_PLC 0.1 µm2 s−1 Oxo-M onset of current inhibition 
k_PLConPIP 0.14 * k_PLC µm2 s−1 See Horowitz et al. (2005)  
k_PLCbasal 0.0025 s−1 To keep resting IP3 at 0.16 µM 
k_4K 2.6 × 10−4 s−1 Current recovery after Oxo-M 
k_4P 0.006 s−1 To keep PI(4)P levels stable at rest 
k_5K 0.02 s−1 Current recovery after VSP 
k_5P 0.014 s−1 To keep PIP2 levels stable at rest 
k_VSPa 11.3 * f(V) s−1 Fit to VSP onset, see Fig. S1 
speed _KCNQ _PIP2 0.05 µm2 s−1 Rate limiting if <0.05 
KD_KCNQ _PIP2 2,000 µm−2 As for PH probes 
I_KCNQb a * (PIP2_KCNQ)2 pA See Fig. 4  
speed_PH_PIP2 µM−1 s−1 Affects timing if <1 
KD_PH_PIP2 µM Lemmon et al. (1995); Hirose et al. (1999); as in Xu et al. (2003); Winks et al. (2005)  
speed_PH_IP3 10 µM−1 s−1 To not be rate limiting, from Xu et al. (2003)  
KD_PH_IP3 0.1 µM Hirose et al. (1999); Lemmon et al. (1995), as in Winks et al. (2005); Xu et al. (2003)  
k_IP3ase 0.08 s−1 From Xu et al. (2003)  
Parameter Value Units Rationale 
k_PLC 0.1 µm2 s−1 Oxo-M onset of current inhibition 
k_PLConPIP 0.14 * k_PLC µm2 s−1 See Horowitz et al. (2005)  
k_PLCbasal 0.0025 s−1 To keep resting IP3 at 0.16 µM 
k_4K 2.6 × 10−4 s−1 Current recovery after Oxo-M 
k_4P 0.006 s−1 To keep PI(4)P levels stable at rest 
k_5K 0.02 s−1 Current recovery after VSP 
k_5P 0.014 s−1 To keep PIP2 levels stable at rest 
k_VSPa 11.3 * f(V) s−1 Fit to VSP onset, see Fig. S1 
speed _KCNQ _PIP2 0.05 µm2 s−1 Rate limiting if <0.05 
KD_KCNQ _PIP2 2,000 µm−2 As for PH probes 
I_KCNQb a * (PIP2_KCNQ)2 pA See Fig. 4  
speed_PH_PIP2 µM−1 s−1 Affects timing if <1 
KD_PH_PIP2 µM Lemmon et al. (1995); Hirose et al. (1999); as in Xu et al. (2003); Winks et al. (2005)  
speed_PH_IP3 10 µM−1 s−1 To not be rate limiting, from Xu et al. (2003)  
KD_PH_IP3 0.1 µM Hirose et al. (1999); Lemmon et al. (1995), as in Winks et al. (2005); Xu et al. (2003)  
k_IP3ase 0.08 s−1 From Xu et al. (2003)  

Forward reactions of PIP2 binding are speed_, and reverse reactions are speed_ * KD_; see Table S1.

a

f(V) = 1/(1+exp((−1.5*qe/kBT*(V−0.1)))) with qe/kBT = 25 mV.

b

a = channel number * open probability * single-channel current.

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