Cephalopod proteins as proton conductors
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsAlon Gorodetsky, Long Phan, Ward Walkup, David Ordinario
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Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to novel materials and associated methods for conducting protons, such materials comprising cephalopod proton-conducting proteins such as reflectins. The protonic conductivity of such cephalopod proton-conducting proteins may be modulated by the application of an electric field. The invention further encompasses protonic transistors comprising a cephalopod proton-conducting protein channel. The transistors and related devices of the invention are amenable to use in biological systems for the sensing or manipulation of protonic flows within the biological system.
Claims12
A method of conducting protons from a proton source to a proton sink, comprising
- conducting protons through a protonic channel structure comprising a cephalopod proton-conducting protein, wherein the cephalopod proton-conducting protein comprises
- a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 1, and/or
- a reflectin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.