Effect of charged lipids on the ionization behavior of glutamic acid containing transmembrane helices [PDF]
, 2020 Transmembrane proteins make up critical components of living cells. Protein function can be greatly impacted by the charged state of its respective components, the side chains of amino acid residues.
Nunn, Brooke
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Formation of unilamellar dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles promoted by Ca2+ ions: A small-angle neutron scattering study [PDF]
, 2007 Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) was hydrated in 0.2-60 mM solution of CaCl 2 in heavy water and thoroughly homogenized by freezing-thawing process.
Almásy, László +3 more
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Localization and Orientation of Xanthophylls in a Lipid Bilayer
Scientific Reports, 2017 Xanthophylls (polar carotenoids) play diverse biological roles, among which are modulation of the physical properties of lipid membranes and protection of biomembranes against oxidative damage.
W. Grudziński +6 more
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Cell-free protein expression systems in microdroplets: stabilization of interdroplet bilayers
, 2013 Cell-free protein expression with bacterial lysates has been demonstrated to produce soluble proteins in microdroplets. However, droplet assays with expressed membrane proteins require the presence of a lipid bilayer.
Hywel Morgan +3 more
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Microcavity supported lipid membranes: versatile platforms for building asymmetric lipid bilayers and for protein recognition [PDF]
, 2019 Microcavity supported lipid bilayers (MSLB) are contact-free membranes suspended across aqueousfilled pores that maintain the lipid bilayer in a highly fluidic state and free from frictional interactions with substrate.
Berselli, Guilherme +4 more
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Permeation of Molecules through Skin Lipid Bilayer.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016 Stratum Corneum (SC), the outermost layer of skin, is mainly responsible for skin's barrier function. The complex lipid matrix of SC determines these barrier properties. In this study, the lipid matrix is modeled as an equimolar mixture of ceramide (CER),
Rakesh Gupta, D. B. Sridhar, B. Rai
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Native silica nanoparticles are powerful membrane disruptors [PDF]
, 2015 Silica nanoparticles are under development for intracellular drug delivery applications but can also have cytotoxic effects including cell membrane damage.
Alkhammash, Hend I. +3 more
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Energy transfer in lipid bilayers
Biophysical Journal, 1979 The quenching of fluorescence due to energy transfer between a dilute, random array of donor and acceptor chromophores in lipid bilayer was measured and compared to theoretical expressions developed to predict the decrease in emission intensity under these circumstances. The observed intensity was found to be the same function of quencher concentration
T.E. Thompson, T.N. Estep
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 The on-demand delivery of drug molecules from nanoscale carriers with spatiotemporal control is a key challenge in modern medicine. Here we show that lipid bilayer vesicles (liposomes) can be triggered to release an encapsulated molecular cargo in ...
Matthew J. Langton +3 more
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Water chains in lipid bilayers [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 1996 tamic acid 204 is the terminal proton release group at the extracellular surface of bacteriorhodopsin. J. Biol. Chem. 270:27122-27126. Govindjee, R., S. Misra, S. P. Balashov, T. G. Ebrey, R. K. Crouch, and D. R. Menick. 1996. Arginine-82 regulates the pKa of the group responsible for the light-driven proton release in bacteriorhodopsin. Biophys. J. 71:
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