Kiselev, M.A.; Ermakova, E.V.; Fillippova, S.N.; Surgucheva, N.A.; Dante, S.; Hauss, Th.; Galchenko, V.F.: Structural Organization of the Phospholipid Component of Streptomyces hygroscopicus Cell Membranes as Determined from Neutron Diffraction Data. Biophysics 54 (2009), p. 471-475
10.1134/S0006350909040125
Abstract:
The nanoparameters of the membrane from actinobacteria have been determined by the method of neutron diffraction on multilamellar lipid membranes. It was found that the repeat distance of a partly hydrated membrane formed from the phosphohpid fraction of Streptomyces hygroscopicus (S. hygroscopicus) is 85.8 +/- 0.5 A at T = 20 degrees C and decreases to 83.5 +/- 0.5 A at T = 40 degrees C. Some lipids are not incorporated into the bilayer and form the liquid micellar phase with micelles of size 54.2 +/- 0.2 A.