Abstract
Gramicidin A (gA) is a cation selective ion channel that has been used in many biophysical studies of lipid bilayers, in particular for investigations of lipid-protein interactions [1, 2] and membrane electrostatics [3]. In addition, it was found that ionic interactions with neutral lipid membranes also affect the kinetics of gA channels [4]. Here we report measurements of gA ion-channels for a series of sodium and potassium salts that show an anion-dependence of gA conductance. We find that gA conductance varies significantly with the anion type with ClO4 and SCN producing distinctly larger conductance values than Cl, F, and H2PO4. These results can provide new insights into ion-lipid membrane interactions and ion channel functions in general. [1] Andersen et al., Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 1996, [2] Lunbaek et al., PNAS 2010, [3] Rostovtseva et al. Biophys. J. 1998, [4] Rostovtseva et al. Biophys. J. 2008.
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