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Gramicidin A forms ion-conducting channels which can traverse the hydrocarbon core of lipid bilayer membranes. The structures formed by gramicidin A are among the best characterized of all membrane-bound polypeptides or proteins. In this review a brief summary is given of the occurrence, conformation, and synthesis of gramicidin A, and of its use as a model for ion transport and the interaction of proteins and lipids in biological membranes.
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Cornell, B. Gramicidin A-phospholipid model systems. J Bioenerg Biomembr 19, 655–676 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762301
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