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Characterization by infrared spectroscopy of the bilayer to nonbilayer phase transition of phosphatidylethanolamines

Par Conseil national de recherches du Canada

DOITrouver le DOI : https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00514a024
AuteurRechercher : 1; Rechercher : 1; Rechercher : 1
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  1. Conseil national de recherches du Canada
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Résumé
A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic study of the thermotropic behavior of egg yolk phosphatidylethanolamines is reported. Two phase changes were monitored, the gel to liquid-crystalline acyl chain melting transition, centered at 12 ºC, and a transition from the liquid-crystalline to the inverted hexagonal phase, centered at 28 ºC. It is demonstrated that the gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition results in a large increase in the conformational disorder of the acyl chains in the bilayer and that the nonbilayer phase contains a still higher degree of conformational disorder. It is shown that the transition to the inverted hexagonal phase is promoted by highly unsaturated acyl chains. A model is developed for the bilayer to nonbilayer phase transition in which it is proposed that the driving force which triggers this phase transition is the introduction of a degree of conformational disorder so high that the integrity of the bilayer surface can no longer be maintained, due to the volume requirements of the acyl chains. A number of previously reported data are rationalized in terms of this hypothesis.
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  • Biochemistry 20, nº 11 : 3138–3145.
Langueanglais
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Numéro du CNRCNRCC 18867
MANTSCH1981A
Numéro NPARC9361641
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