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Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Phospholipid Membranes Marja Hyvönen
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Hyvönen, Marja |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | Phospholipids are the main components of cell membranes, lipoproteins and other membrane structures in living organisms. Properties of lipid molecules are important to the overall behaviour and interactions of membranes. Furthermore, characteristics of the biological membranes act as important regulators of membrane functions. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were applied in this thesis to study properties of biological membranes. A certain degree of acyl chain polyunsaturation is essential for the proper functioning of membranes, but earlier MD simulations had not addressed the effects of polyunsaturation. Therefore a solvated all-atom bilayer model consisting of diunsaturated 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-3-phosphatidylcholine (PLPC) molecules was simulated. The analysis of the simulation data was focused on the effects of double bonds on a |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |