@inproceedings{1cd5a59f00e247738e95d014618f2332,
title = "Molecular dynamics study of the lipid bilayers: Effects of the chain branching on the structure and dynamics",
abstract = "We studied effects of lipid chain branching on structural and dynamical properties of the lipid bilayers by a comparative molecular dynamics simulation of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPhPC) bilayers. Trans-gauche isomerization rate at the dihedrals along the hydrophobic main chain was significantly reduced by chain branching. The slower conformational motion of branched chains lead to slower wobbling of the chain and slower rotational and translational motions of the lipid molecules, compared with straight-chained counterpart. In contrast, headgroup motion was slightly enhanced by the chain branching. The slower dynamics of the branched hydrophobic chains accounts for the high structural bilayer stability and low solute permeability of the branched DPhPC bilayer.",
author = "W. Shinoda and M. Mikami and T. Baba and M. Hato",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2004 American Institute of Physics.; 3rd International Symposium on Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems ; Conference date: 03-11-2003 Through 08-11-2003",
year = "2004",
month = apr,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1063/1.1764171",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
pages = "352--353",
editor = "Michio Tokuyama and Irwin Oppenheim",
booktitle = "Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems",
}