Abstract

Robust oligopeptides that mimic natural ion channels are attractive for use as molecular switches or model systems to study ion transport. Herein, we report octapeptides derived from aminobenzoic acid and l/d amino acids. Two of the alanine containing peptides were found to be most active and the peptide containing p-aminobenzoic acid was found to be most active (2.4 times its m-analog). Experimental studies indicate the peptides do not transport halides and transport alkali metal ions.

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