This is a topic of a research paper, I have no clue as to what the assignment is talking about. I know a lot about the K+ channel, I just dont know why its seem like Paradox initially.
2006-11-11 08:09:04 · 2 answers · asked by sph1nxed 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It appears to be a paradox because the channel protein seems able to reconcile high ion selectivity with high throughput, which seems impossible.
2006-11-11 08:27:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might have something to do with the idea that you expend a lot of energy pumping potassium ions into the cytosol using the sodium/potassium pump. Why,then, would you have a K+ channel protein that could just let those ions flow right back out of the cell. I'm guessing that that is the "paradox" that you need to address....
2006-11-11 16:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋