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Orientation and mobility of molecules in membranes studied by polarized light spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Lennart B.-Å. Johansson  and
Göran Lindblom
Lennart B.-Å. Johansson
Affiliation:
Physical Chemistry 2, Chemical Centre, University of Lund, P.O. Box 740S-220 07 Lund 7, Sweden
Göran Lindblom
Affiliation:
Physical Chemistry 2, Chemical Centre, University of Lund, P.O. Box 740S-220 07 Lund 7, Sweden
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Biological membranes are composed of mainly lipids and proteins. The physical properties of the lipids, forming a bilayer structure, are of crucial importance for the living cell, since the plasma membrane is the guardian barrier towards the environment. Thus, the functioning cell needs a highly stable lipid bilayer, which depends on molecular packing and orientation properties of the various membrane components (Wieslander et al. 1980). The spatial arrangement of the membrane proteins incorporated in the lipid matrix plays an essential role for the different chemical processes occurring at or within the membrane. Information about molecular orientation and mobility is therefore necessary for unravelling the functional mechanisms of a biological membrane.

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 63 - 118
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