Studies in the tetraarylborates

Jarzembowski, Frank; Cassaretto, Frank P.; Posvic, Harvey; Moore, Carl R.

doi:10.1016/s0003-2670(01)85480-5

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“…Sodium tetrakis(m-chlorophenyl)borate (m-TCPhB-) and sodium tetrakis(m-fluorophenyl)borate (m-TFPhB-) were synthesized by a reported method (Jarzembowski et al, 1974). Magnesium etioporphyrin I (MgETP) and ethyl chlorophyllide were prepared from etioporphyrin I dihydrobromide and Ailanthus altissima, respectively, according to the reported procedures (Chow et al, 1975;Fuhrhop, 1981).…”

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confidence: 99%

Evidence for ion chain mechanism of the nonlinear charge transport of hydrophobic ions across lipid bilayers

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Mauzerall

1996

Biophysical Journal

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The conductivity across a lipid bilayer by tetraphenylborate anion is increased 10-fold on the photoformation of lipophilic porphyrin cations. The cations alone have negligible conductivity. This nonlinear photogenerated increase of ion conductivity is termed the photogating effect. Substitution of H by Cl in the para position of tetraphenylborate leads to a 100-fold enhancement of conductivity, whereas the dark conductivities for this and other substituted borates are the same. Moreover, the halo-substituted borates show a large enhancement of conductivity in the low concentration range (10(-8) M), whereas that of tetraphenylborate is small and space charge is negligible. The enhanced ion conductivity has great structural sensitivity to the structure of the anion, the cation, and the lipid, whereas the partition coefficient of all the borates and the concentration of photoformed cations are only slightly affected. The photogated ion transport has a twofold larger activation energy than transport in the dark. Time-resolved photocurrents and voltages demonstrate that the translocation rate of the porphyrin cation is also enhanced 100-fold by the Cl-borate anion but only 10-fold by the H-borate anion. For these reasons the nonlinear gating effect cannot be explained by electrostatics alone, but requires an ion chain or ion aggregate mechanism. Kinetic modeling of the photoinduced current with a mixed cation-anion ion chain can fit the data well. The photogating effect allows the direct study of ion interactions within the bilayer.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%