Voltage-Driven Flipping of Zwitterionic Artificial Channels in Lipid Bilayers to Rectify Ion Transport

J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Aug 4;143(30):11332-11336. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c06000. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Abstract

We developed a voltage-sensitive artificial transmembrane channel by mimicking the dipolar structure of natural alamethicin channel. The artificial channel featured a zwitterionic structure and could undergo voltage-driven flipping in the lipid bilayers. Importantly, this flipping of the channel could lead to their directional alignment in the bilayers and rectifying behavior for ion transport.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electric Conductivity
  • Ion Channels / chemistry*
  • Ion Transport
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Silver / chemistry
  • Silver Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Ion Channels
  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Silver Compounds
  • Silver
  • silver chloride