Spontaneous electrical potential oscillation on a filter impregnated with soybean lecithin placed between identical solutions of alanine

Biophys Chem. 2000 May 31;85(1):41-7. doi: 10.1016/s0301-4622(00)00138-1.

Abstract

Filters impregnated with soybean lecithin, placed between two identical aqueous alanine solutions, display spontaneous electric potential oscillations. Alanine solutions used in a large concentration range from 1 mM to 1 M produce damped oscillatory behaviour with an exponential decay in time. The dependence of decay time on concentration shows saturation behaviour which is well fitted with a sigmoidal curve. Power spectra obtained by Fourier transform show peaks specific for each concentration. When fitted with a Lorentzian curve in the peak domain, the centre of the peak height and width at half height could be extracted. All these parameters depend on alanine concentration in a saturating pattern.

MeSH terms

  • Alanine / chemistry*
  • Algorithms
  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Filtration
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Glycine max / chemistry*
  • Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Alanine