Table 1.

Rate constants for the kinetic scheme assumed for AMPA and NMDA receptors

Forward rate constantsBackward rate constants
AMPANMDAAMPANMDA
kon(m−1sec−1)4.59  × 10610 × 106koff1(sec−1)4.26 × 1034.7
kon2(m−1sec−1)28.4  × 106 5 × 106koff2(sec−1)3.26 × 1039.4
β (sec−1)4.24  × 10346.5α (sec−1)90091.6
kd+1 (sec−1)2.89  × 1030kd−1(sec−1)39.20
kd+2 (sec−1)1728.4kd−2(sec−1)0.7271.8
kd+3(sec−1)17.70kd−3(sec−1)40
kd+4(m−1sec−1)1.27  × 1060kd−4(sec−1)45.70
kd+5(sec−1)16.80kd−5(sec−1)190.40
  • The values are taken from Jonas et al. (1993) and Lester and Jahr (1992), respectively.