Artificial mycolic acid membranes

摘要

Provided herein are artificial membranes of mycolic acids. The membranes may be unsupported or tethered. These membranes are long lived and highly resistant to electroporation, demonstrating their general strength. The mycolic acid membranes are suitable for controlled studies of the mycobacterial outer membrane and can be used in other experiments, such as nanopore analyte translocation experiments.

主权项

1. An artificial bilayer membrane spanning the opening of an aperture, the membrane comprising a mycolic acid and having a rupture voltage greater than 0.5 V.