2.B.146.  The Light-powered Propeller-like Ion Transporter (LPIT) Family

Limited types of transporters (molecular swing, ion fishers, shuttlers, rotors, etc.) reflext new inspiring developments. Deng et al. 2024 reported a motorized ion-transporting carrier-type transporter, i.e., a modularly tunable, light-powered propeller-like transporter derived from Feringa's molecular motor for consistently boosting transmembrane ion transport under continuous UV light irradiation. Based on the EC₅₀ values, the molecular propeller-mediated ion transport activities under UV light irradiation for 300 s are 2.31, 1.74, 2.29, 2.80, and 2.92 times those values obtained without irradiation for Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, and Cs⁺ ions, respectively, with EC₅₀ value as low as 0.71 mol % for K⁺ ion under light irradiation (Deng et al. 2024).