Consider three kinds of ion channels. (Ion channels are specialized
structures in cell membranes which can literally open and close to allow
water and ions to exchange between the inside and outside of cells.
Neurons use these for their electrical signaling.)
A) An ion channel composed of 4 or 5 copies of a protein arranged
symmetrically to form a pore.
B) An ion channel composed of a single protein with four homologous (but
not identical) domains arranged symmetrically. (Assume each domain
has approximately the same size as the protein in example A.)
C) An ion channel composed of 2 copies of one protein (the alpha
subunit) and one copy each of three other proteins (the beta, gamma, and
delta subunits), each encoded by a different gene, arranged
symmetrically to form a pore. (Five copies of any single subunit do not
make a functional pore.)
Here are my questions:
Does (B) have more CSI than (A)?
Does (C) have more CSI than (A)?
Does (C) have more CSI than (B)?
Paul Nelson, would you care to pass this question along to Dembski?
Thanks.
Loren Haarsma