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A Comparative analysis of Viral Ion Channel Proteins on Structure of cell-Membrane using X-ray Reflectivity
Ziad Khattari
Physics Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
Physics Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
Abstract
We have investigated the effect of the transmembrane domain of three viral
ion channel proteins on the lipid bilayer structure by X-ray reflectivity
and scattering from oriented planar bilayers. The proteins show a similar
effect on the lipid bilayer structural parameters: an increase in the lipid
bilayer hydrophobic core, a decrease in the amplitude of the vertical
density profile and a systematic change in the ordering of the acyl chains
as a function of protein-to-lipid ratio. These results are discussed in a
comparative view.
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