Issue 66, 2021
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Chemical Communications

An ion transport switch based on light-responsive conformation-dependent G-quadruplex transmembrane channels†

Chunying Li,a   Hui Chen,a   Xiaohai Yang, ORCID logo *a   Kemin Wang ORCID logo a  and  Jianbo Liu ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
E-mail: liujianbo@hnu.edu.cn, yangxiaohai@hnu.edu.cn

Abstract

A light-responsive ion transport switch has been developed based on conformation-dependent azobenzene-incorporated lipophilic G-quadruplex channels, which provides a new smart approach for the selective transport of K+ ions across the lipid membrane.

Graphical abstract: An ion transport switch based on light-responsive conformation-dependent G-quadruplex transmembrane channels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC03273A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Jun 2021
Accepted
16 Jul 2021
First published
17 Jul 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 8214-8217

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An ion transport switch based on light-responsive conformation-dependent G-quadruplex transmembrane channels

C. Li, H. Chen, X. Yang, K. Wang and J. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8214 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03273A

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