Aquaporin-based membranes made by interfacial polymerization in hollow fibers: visualization and role of aquaporin in water permeability

• Main Authors: Sharma, Loveena, Ye, Li, Yong, Clare, Seetharaman, Ramya, Kho, Kailing, Surya, Wahyu, Wang, Rong, Torres, Jaume
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Engineering::Environmental engineering; Aquaporin Z; Fluorescent Dyes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161530
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Aquaporins are water channel proteins with high permeability and solute rejection, making them ideal components for the preparation of desalination biomimetic membranes. In one strategy, E. coli aquaporin Z (AqpZ) proteoliposomes are immobilized in a polyamide layer formed by interfacial polymerizat...