摘要:
                                Aiming for structural analysis of amphotericin B (AmB) ion-channel assemblies in membrane, a covalent dimer was synthesized between C-13-labled AmB methyl ester and F-19-labled AmB. The dimer showed slightly weaker but significant biological activities against fungi and red blood cells compared with those of monomeric AmB. Then the dimer was subjected to C-13{F-19}REDOR (Rotational-Echo Double Resonance) experiments in hydrated lipid bilayers. The obtained REDOR dephasing effects were explained by two components; a short C-13/F-19 distance (6.9 angstrom) accounting for 23% of the REDOR dephasing, and a longer one (14 angstrom) comprising the rest of the dephasing. The shorter distance is likely to reflect the formation of barrel-stave ion channel. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.