Ratio between permeability of synthetic bilayers to water and to small ions such as Na+ or K+
Value | 1e+9 Water permeability/small ion permeability Range: Figure link - link Water permeability/small ion permeability |
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Organism | Generic |
Reference | Alberts, Molecular biology of the cell, 3rd edition, 1994, chapter 11, p.508 paragraph before bottom |
Comments | Lipid bilayers are highly impermeable to charged molecules (ions), no matter how small: the charge and high degree of hydration of such molecules prevents them from entering the hydrocarbon phase of the layer. |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 106426 |