Novel structural features of the ripple phase of phospholipids
Authors:
- K. SenguptaKSK. Sengupta
- V. A RaghunathanVRV. A Raghunathan
- J. KatsarasJKJ. Katsaras
- 15 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 49 (6) , 722-728
Abstract
We have calculated the electron density maps of the ripple phase of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and palmitoyl-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (POPC) multibilayers at different temperatures and fixed relative humidity. Our analysis establishes, for the first time, the existence of an average tilt of the hydrocarbon chains of the lipid molecules along the direction of the ripple wave vector, which we believe is responsible for the occurrence of asymmetric ripples in these systems.Keywords
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