TIGHTLY PACKED MEMBRANES COMPOSED OF 36-MEMBERED MACROCYCLIC DIETHER PHOSPHOLIPID FOUND IN ARCHAEA GROWING UNDER DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

Authors
ARAKAWA K EGUCHI T KAKINUMA K
Citation
K. Arakawa et al., TIGHTLY PACKED MEMBRANES COMPOSED OF 36-MEMBERED MACROCYCLIC DIETHER PHOSPHOLIPID FOUND IN ARCHAEA GROWING UNDER DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS, Chemistry Letters, (9), 1998, pp. 901-902
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03667022
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
901 - 902
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-7022(1998):9<901:TPMCO3>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We were the first to investigate the properties of the archaeal 36-mem bered macrocyclic diether phospholipid 1a in comparison with the corre sponding acyclic counterpart 2a. Results from thermal analyses and mon olayer studies indicated that the 36-membered macrocyclic diether lipi d can aggregate to more tightly packed structures than the acyclic con gener due to less motional freedom at the alkyl chain region.