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16250339

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
The now well-established use of Raman spectroscopy to examine the structure of biomembranes is extended through an examination of the origins of the structure-sensitive features of phospholipid spectra and the development of quantitative order-parameters. One parameter gives a quantitative measure of the fraction of all-trans bonds in the hydrocarbon chains while the other provides a semiquantitative estimate of the lateral crystal-like order between the chains. The parameters are used to study the differences between vesicles and dispersions of dipalmitoyl phosphotidylcholine, dimyristoylcholine and egg lecithin. We find that the vesicles of dipalmitoyl phosphotidylcholine are substantially less ordered than the dispersions in terms of both longitudinal and lateral order which are greatly decreased. A very careful measurement of the order as a function of temperature shows that there is a pre-melting transition in the dispersions of dipalmitoyl phosphotidylcholine which does not exist in the vesicles. Remarkable agreement is obtained between the Raman technique and that previously reported by calorimetric measurements and theoretical calculations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
465
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
260-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
On the quantitative interpretation of biomembrane structure by Raman spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oreg 97403, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural