Abstract
We have investigated the effect of the transmembrane domain of three viral ion channel proteins on the lipid bilayer structure by X-ray reflectivity and scattering from oriented planar bilayers. The proteins show a similar effect on the lipid bilayer structural parameters: an increase in the lipid bilayer hydrophobic core, a decrease in the amplitude of the vertical density profile and a systematic change in the ordering of the acyl chains as a function of protein-to-lipid ratio. These results are discussed in a comparative view.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 45-55 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | European Biophysics Journal |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgment Financial support by the DFG through the German–Israel–Palestine trilateral project SA 7772/6-1 is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Acyl chain correlation
- Lipid bilayer
- Viral ion channel proteins
- X-ray reflectivity