Electron diffraction studies of human erythrocyte membrane and its lipid extracts. Effects of hydration, temperature and hydrolysis. |
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Authors: | S W Hui C M Strozewski |
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Abstract: | The organization of lipid molecules in individual human erythrocyte ghost membranes and single bilayers of their total lipid extracts were studied by low-dose electron diffraction in a controlled environment. The highest onset temperature (Ts) at which diffraction rings corresponding to a gel state appeared, were found to be in the range of -2 to -4 degrees C for both the whole ghost membrane and bilayers of its total lipid extracts. The onsets were abolished by dehydration before separated crystallizations of cholesterol and phospholipid occurred. Ts increased as a result of free fatty acids accumulation in membranes after phospholipase A2 treatment or storage. |
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