Effects of phospholipid unsaturation on the bilayer nonpolar region

Effects of phospholipid unsaturation on the bilayer nonpolar region

Molecular dynamics simulations of two monounsaturated phosphatidylcholine (PC) bilayers made of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-PC (POPC; cis-unsaturated) and 1-palmitoyl-2-elaidoyl-PC (PEPC; trans-unsaturated) were carried out to investigate the effect of a double bond in the PC β-chain and its conformation o...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Róg, Krzysztof Murzyn, Ryszard Gurbiel, Yuji Takaoka, Akihiro Kusumi, Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
phosphatidylcholine
cis double bond
trans double bond
skew conformation
chain packing
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520319052

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