Permeability of membranes in the liquid ordered and liquid disordered phases

Increasing evidence supports the existence of ordered nanodomains (or rafts) in cholesterol rich cell membranes. Here authors present molecular dynamics simulations and EPR experiments to monitor permeation of oxygen and water through membranes in the liquid ordered and liquid disordered phases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: An Ghysels, Andreas Krämer, Richard M. Venable, Walter E. Teague, Edward Lyman, Klaus Gawrisch, Richard W. Pastor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13432-7