Publication Date:
2015-12-01
Description:
Publication date: Available online 29 November 2015 Source: FEBS Letters Author(s): Ipsita Basu, Moutusi Manna, Chaitali Mukhopadhyay Studies on the structure and dynamics of interfacial water, emphasizing on the properties of water near the surface of biomolecules, are well reported, but there is a lack of evidence on the behavior of water near a comparatively rough surface containing molecules with a bulky head group like GM1. In this report we comparatively analyze the structure and dynamics of water as a function of distance from the lipid head group in GM1 containing lipid bilayers, with the lipid bilayers where GM1 is not present. This approach effectively demonstrates the behavioral difference and hence delayed convergence from bound water to bulk water in the presence of GM1 compared to a relatively smooth surface.
Print ISSN:
0014-5793
Electronic ISSN:
1873-3468
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
