A novel combination of molecules, sapphyrin (an expanded porphyrin) and lasalocid (a natural polyether ionophore), are covalently linked to produce conjugates (such as 1) capable of acting as efficient and selective carriers for aromatic α-amino acids, as demonstrated by U-tube and W-tube model membrane transport studies.
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Sessler et al. (1998) studied this question.