Molecular Self-Assembly as a Tool to Construct Transmembrane Supramolecular Ion Channels.

Self-assembly has become a powerful tool for building various supramolecular architectures with applications in material science, environmental science, and chemical biology. One such area is the development of artificial transmembrane ion channels that mimic naturally occurring channel-forming proteins to unveil various structural and functional aspects of these complex biological systems, hoping to replace the defective protein channels with these synthetically accessible moieties. This account describes our recent approaches to construct supramolecular ion channels using synthetic molecules and their applications in medicinal chemistry. © 2021 The Chemical Society of Japan & Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Javid Ahmad Malla, Manzoor Ahmad, Pinaki Talukdar. Molecular Self-Assembly as a Tool to Construct Transmembrane Supramolecular Ion Channels. Chemical record (New York, N.Y.). 2022 Feb;22(2):e202100225

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