ISSN:
1432-1017
Keywords:
Membrane-spanning lipid
;
translational diffusion
;
phospholipid bilayers
;
fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
;
diffusion models
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We have used the fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique to study the translational diffusion, in Lα phase multibilayers of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC), of fluorescent derivatives of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (NBD-POPE) and a membrane-spanning phosphatidylethanolamine (NBD-MSPE). The latter derivative was prepared from a membrane-spanning glycerol-dialkyl-glycerol tetraether lipid isolated from the thermophilic and acidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus. The translational diffusion was examined between about 15° and 45°C. It is shown that over this temperature range the translational diffusion coefficient for NBD-MSPE is ∼2/3 that for NBD-POPE which spans only one monolayer of the bilayer. The result is interpreted in terms of existing models for translational diffusion in lipid membranes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00254091
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