Journal article
Benzyl viologen cation radical: First example of a perfectly selective anion ionophore of the carrier type
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, v 108(3), pp 1126-1130
15 Oct 1982
PMID: 7181886
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Abstract
Measurements were made of the effect of dicationic (oxidized) and monocationic radical (reduced) forms of benzyl viologen (BV) and methyl viologen (MV) on the ion conductance across planar phospholipid bilayers under conditions of constant voltage. BV
+ at 60 μM greatly increased ion conductance whereas BV
2+, MV
+ and MV
2+ did not. Ion permeability ratios relative to nitrate were determined in the BV
+ system. BV
+ appears to be the first example of a perfectly anion-selective ionophore of the carrier type. BV
+ probably functions both as an electron carrier and ionophore for nitrate while catalyzing the dithionite-nitrate reductase reaction in
Paracoccus
denitrificans
.
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- Title
- Benzyl viologen cation radical: First example of a perfectly selective anion ionophore of the carrier type
- Creators
- Choong-Hyun Kim - Brandeis UniversityJakob K. Kristjansson - Brandeis UniversityMichael M. White - Brandeis UniversityThomas C. Hollocher - Brandeis University
- Publication Details
- Biochemical and biophysical research communications, v 108(3), pp 1126-1130
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacology and Physiology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1982PL62400032
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0020631555
- Other Identifier
- 991020837831504721
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