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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
A membrane potential is shown to be established in phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol unilamellar vesicles using valinomycin in conjunction with a potassium ion gradient; this potential is monitored using the externally added fluorescent dye Safranine O. In the same system, transmembrane calcium fluxes are then detected using the (internally trapped) fluorescent dye Quin-2. The calcium-transport behavior of the channel-forming peptide alamethicin is shown to be potential dependent in this system, in contrast to calcium transport by the ionophore Br-A23187, which is unaffected by the potential. The observation of this potential-dependent behavior for alamethicin suggests that this vesicle system may be suitable for direct spectroscopic observation of the voltage-gating process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-3525
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
A lipid vesicle system for probing voltage-dependent peptide-lipid interactions: application to alamethicin channel formation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't