Abstract
Regularly striped patterns are observed when imaging supported, mixed
bilayers of the phospholipid DPPC and a synthetic α-helical
transmembrane peptide (WALP) with contact mode AFM at ambient
temperature. Temperature dependent AFM is used here as a tool to observe
the temperature behavior of this system. Melting in a 2 mol%
peptide/DPPC system starts at 36°C. The domains lie higher than the
surrounding lipid bilayer at low temperatures (<36°C), but
change to lower lying areas above that temperature. In contrast, pure
lipid bilayers do not start melting until 40.5°C. Melting seems to
start at defects present in the lipid bilayer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 416-421 |
Journal | AIP Conference Proceedings |
Volume | 696 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2003 |
Keywords
- Lipids
- Membranes bilayers and vesicles
- Scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy