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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 140, 期 28, 页码 8817-8826出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04657
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore)
We describe here a unique family of pore-forming anion transporting peptides possessing a single-amino-acid-derived peptidic backbone that is the shortest among natural and synthetic pore-forming peptides. These monopeptides with built-in H-bonding capacity self-assemble into an H-bonded 1D columnar structure, presenting three types of exteriorly arranged hydrophobic side chains that closely mimic the overall topology of an alpha-helix. Dynamic interactions among these side chains and membrane lipids proceed in a way likely similar to how a-helix bundle is formed. This subsequently enables oligomerization of these rod-like structures to form ring-shaped ensembles of varying sizes with a pore size of smaller than 1.0 nm in diameter but sufficiently large for transporting anions across the membrane. The intrinsic high modularity in the backbone further allows rapid tuning in side chains for combinatorial optimization of channel's ion-transport activity, culminating in the discovery of an exceptionally active anion-transporting monopeptide 6L10 with an EC50 of 0.10 mu M for nitrate anions.
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