New Insights into BAR Domain-Induced Membrane Remodeling |
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Authors: | Gary S Ayton Vinod Krishna Carsten Mim Gregory A Voth |
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Institution: | † Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah ‡ Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Abstract: | Mesoscopic simulations and electron microscopy of N-BAR domain-induced liposome remodeling are used to characterize the process of liposome tubulation and vesiculation. The overall process of membrane remodeling is found to involve complex couplings among the N-BAR protein density, the degree of N-BAR oligomerization, and the membrane density. A comparison of complex remodeled liposome structures from mesoscopic simulations with those measured by electron microscopy experiments suggests that the process of membrane remodeling can be described via an appropriate mesoscopic free energy framework. Liposome remodeling more representative of F-BAR domains is also presented within the mesoscopic simulation framework. |
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