Why are biological membranes and bilayers usually made of double-tailed surfactant molecules? Explain why the following organic compound cannot exist. 5,5-dibromo-1-cyclobutanol Why does the detergent sodium dodecyl-sulfate function in water at low pH whereas stearate does not? Why does sugar disso...
While the exact mechanism through which these peptides ferry either themselves or their conjugated payloads is unclear, it is indeed possible that their electrostatic interaction with the phospholipids might trigger the conformational change that allows insertion of these peptides into the membrane44. ...
Cationic AMPs are attracted to negatively charged components in microbial membranes, such as phosphatidylglycerol and lipopolysaccharides, while the membranes of mammalian cells are typically more neutral, containing a higher proportion of zwitterionic phospholipids like phosphatidylcholine [8], [10]. This ...
Water scarcity is a global problem expected to become increasingly pressing in the future, as no globally affordable technical solutions for water separation have yet been identified. Mimicking the water-selective membranes of biological systems may appeal as the desired solution: in every kingdom of...
Recently, the transbilayer pressure profile of lipid bilayers made of mono- and poly-unsaturated phospholipids was experimentally determined using NMR spectroscopy, which largely confirmed the results from the computational studies. Concomitantly with patch clamp experiments, the NMR results demonstrated that...