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Progress on the cellular Ca2+ diffusion studies using the realistic t-tubule
geometry
Yuhui Cheng
Department of Mathematics
UCSD
Abstract
Enzymes required for sulfur metabolism have been suggested to gain efficiency
by restricted diffusion ("channeling") of an intermediate APS2- between active
sites. This article describes modeling of the whole channeling process by numerical
solution of the Smoluchowski diffusion equation, as well as by coarse-grained
Brownian dynamics. The results suggest that electrostatics plays an essential role
in the APS2- channeling. Furthermore, with coarse-grained Brownian dynamics,
the substrate channeling process has been studied with reactions in multiple active
sites. Our simulations provide a bridge for numerical modeling with Brownian
dynamics to simulate the complicated reaction and diffusion and raise important
questions relating to the electrostatically mediated substrate channeling in vitro, in
situ and in vivo.
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