Replicating extraordinarily high membrane transport selectivity of protein channels in artificial channel is a challenging task. In this work, we demonstrate that a strategic application of steric code-based social self-sorting offers a novel means to enhance ion transport selectivities of artificial ion channels, alongside with boosted ion transport activities. More specifically, two types of mutually compatible sterically bulky groups (benzo-crown ether and tert-butyl group) were appended onto a monopeptide-based scaffold, which can order the bulky groups onto the same side of a one-dimensionally aligned H-bonded structure. Strong steric repulsions among the same type of bulky groups (either benzo-crown ethers or tert-butyl groups), which are forced into proximity by H-bonds, favor the formation of hetero-oligomeric ensembles that carry an alternative arrangement of sterically compatible benzo-crown ethers and tert-butyl groups, rather than homo-oligomeric ensembles containing a single type of either benzo-crown ethers or tert-butyl groups. Coupled with side chain tuning, this social self-sorting strategy delivers highly active hetero-oligomeric K+-selective ion channel (5F12·BF12)n, displaying the highest K+/Na+ selectivity of 20.1 among artificial potassium channels and an excellent EC50 value of 0.50 µmol/L (0.62 mol% relative to lipids) in terms of single channel concentration
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
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| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |