Pro and anti: Recognition of chloride ion and through-membrane H+/Cl− ion transport (“symport”) could account for the biological effects (anticancer activity) of prodigiosin, as inferred from model studies involving pyrrole-based anion receptors designed to mimic the key features of this naturally occurring pigment (see picture).
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Sessler et al. (2005) studied this question.