Flip-Flop of Oleic Acid in a Phospholipid Membrane: Rate and Mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 12919-12926

  Wei, Chenyu ^a,b   Pohorille, Andrew ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATTY ACIDS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOBILE SECURITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; MINIMUM ENERGY PATHS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; ROTATIONAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM; TWO DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION;

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS;

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYER; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84927555939     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508163e     Document Type: Article

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