| Value |
1320
min^-1
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| Organism |
Guinea Pig Cavia porcellus |
| Reference |
Brading AF, Widdicombe JH. An estimate of sodium-potassium pump activity and the number of pump sites in the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig taenia coli, using (3H)ouabain. J Physiol. 1974 Apr238(2):235-49. abstractPubMed ID4840873
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| Method |
Animals killed, caecum dissected, put in Krebs solution and They were then blotted and weighed, and after washing with ouabain/42K solution counted in a gamma scintillation counter, to determine the uptake of potassium by the tissue. |
| Comments |
Abstract: "5. On the assumption of a stoichiometry of 3Na: 2K, the pump sites in normal Krebs solution have a turnover rate of 1320 min^-1." Corresponding to 44 K ions per second or 2640 ions per minute, on the assumption of a stoichiometry of 3Na: 2K |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
103034 |