A synthetic ion channel with anisotropic ligand response

Transmembrane proteins are important for cellular functions and synthetic analogues are of interest. Here the authors report on the design and testing of a synthetic multipass transmembrane channel which shows anisotropic responses to agonistic and antagonistic ligands.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takahiro Muraoka, Daiki Noguchi, Rinshi S. Kasai, Kohei Sato, Ryo Sasaki, Kazuhito V. Tabata, Toru Ekimoto, Mitsunori Ikeguchi, Kiyoto Kamagata, Norihisa Hoshino, Hiroyuki Noji, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Kazuaki Ichimura, Kazushi Kinbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16770-z