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Description: Valinomycin is an antibiotic that acts as an ion carrier.

The outside of this roughly spherical cyclic polypeptide is hydrophobic.

The central cavity surrounded by oxygens complexes a K+ ion.

The surface is covered with CH3 groups (not shown).

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