Squalane is in the midplane of the lipid bilayer: Implications for its function as a proton permeability barrier

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1556, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 149-154

  Hauß, Thomas ^a,b   Dante, Silvia ^a,b   Dencher, Norbert A ^a,b   Haines, Thomas H ^c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid bilayer; Neutron diffraction; Proton gradient; Proton leak; Squalane; Squalene; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PROTON; SQUALANE; SQUALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; LIPID BILAYER; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROTONS; SQUALENE;

EID: 17544384829     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(02)00346-8     Document Type: Article

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