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Dipeptides Embedded in a Lipid Bilayer Membrane as Synthetic Water Channels.
Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids 2017 October 25
Water channels are essential to life sciences and many biological processes. We report a molecular simulation study on dipeptides embedded in a lipid (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) membrane as synthetic water channels. Five dipeptides are examined including FF, FL, LF, and LL (with hydrophilic channels) and AV (with hydrophobic channel). It is found that AV is unstable in the lipid membrane due to incompatible interaction between the hydrophilic external surface of AV and the hydrophobic lipid tails; whereas FF, FL, LF, and LL with hydrophobic external surface exhibit good stability. In the four hydrophilic channels FF, FL, LF, and LL, water chains are formed; the number of chains ranges from multiple, two to one depending on channel diameter; moreover, water undergoes single-file diffusion and the mobility is enhanced with increasing channel diameter. The permeation rate of water in the FF channel is 9.20/ns, about three times that in aquaporin; however, the rate in FL, LF, and LL is much slower. Intriguingly, the rate can be tuned by a lateral stress/strain on the lipid membrane. The simulation study provides fundamental understanding on the stability of dipeptide channels embedded in a lipid membrane, quantitatively characterizing water structure, dynamics, and permeation in the channels. These microscopic insights are useful for the development of new water channels.
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