Authors: Z Khattari E Arbely I T Arkin T Salditt
Publish Date: 2006/09/21
Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-55
Abstract
We have investigated the effect of the transmembrane domain of three viral ion channel proteins on the lipid bilayer structure by Xray 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 proteintolipid ratio These results are discussed in a comparative view
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