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ArticleBiophysical journal2009

Membrane-protein interactions in a generic coarse-grained model for lipid bilayers.

Beate West, Frank L H Brown, Friederike Schmid

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Curvature correction to the mobility of fluid membrane inclusions.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2016
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  12. Poisson's Ratio and Young's Modulus of Lipid Bilayers in Different Phases.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2014
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  15. Monolayer curvature stabilizes nanoscale raft domains in mixed lipid bilayers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Beate WestFakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. west@physik.uni-bielefeld.de
Frank L H Brown
Friederike Schmid

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We study membrane-protein interactions and membrane-mediated protein-protein interactions by Monte Carlo simulations of a generic coarse-grained model for lipid bilayers with cylindrical hydrophobic inclusions. The strength of the hydrophobic force and the hydrophobic thickness of the proteins are systematically varied. The results are compared with analytical predictions of two popular analytical theories: The Landau-de Gennes theory and the elastic theory. The elastic theory provides an excellent description of the fluctuation spectra of pure membranes and successfully reproduces the deformation profiles of membranes around single proteins. However, its prediction for the potential of mean force between proteins is not compatible with the simulation data for large distances. The simulations show that the lipid-mediated interactions are governed by five competing factors: direct interactions; lipid-induced depletion interactions; lipid bridging; lipid packing; and a smooth long-range contribution. The mechanisms leading to hydrophobic mismatch interactions are critically analyzed.

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Computer SimulationModels, ChemicalAlgorithmsElasticityFourier AnalysisHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsInclusion BodiesLipid BilayersMonte Carlo MethodProteinsSurface TensionLipid BilayersProteins

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PMID18835907
PMCPMC2710048

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