Lateral diffusion of cholesterol and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in a lipid bilayer measured by pulsed field gradient NMR spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Orädd Greger Lindblom Göran Westerman Philip W |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Ume? University, SE-901 87 Ume?, Sweden. greger.oradd@chem.umu.se |
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Abstract: | The pulsed field gradient NMR method for measuring self-diffusion has been used for a direct determination of the lateral diffusion coefficient of cholesterol, fluorine labeled at the 6-position, for an oriented lamellar liquid-crystalline phase of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC)/cholesterol/water. It is found that the diffusion coefficients of DMPC and cholesterol are equal over a large temperature interval. The apparent energy of activation for the diffusion process (58 kJ/mol) is about the same as for a lamellar phase of DMPC/water, whereas the phospholipid lateral diffusion coefficient is approximately four times smaller in the presence of cholesterol. |
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