Zwitterionic water chains as H+/OH- transporters.
Zwitterionic water chains spanning the hydrocarbon layer with an H+ attached to one end and an OH- to the other end are suggested to be H+ and OH- conductors. They explain higher H+/OH- fluxes and their very weak dependence on pH.
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Department of Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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