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ArticleBiophysical journal2009

Structure of self-aggregated alamethicin in ePC membranes detected by pulsed electron-electron double resonance and electron spin echo envelope modulation spectroscopies.

Alexander D Milov, Rimma I Samoilova, Yuri D Tsvetkov, Marta De Zotti, Fernando Formaggio, Claudio Toniolo, Jan-Willem Handgraaf, Jan Raap

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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 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Membrane Topology and Oligomerization of Peptaibols by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2026
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  7. A thermodynamic approach to alamethicin pore formation.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexander D MilovInstitute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russian Federation.
Rimma I Samoilova
Yuri D Tsvetkov
Marta De Zotti
Fernando Formaggio
Claudio Toniolo
Jan-Willem Handgraaf
Jan Raap
Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion · RUUniversity of Padua · ITCulgi (Netherlands) · NLLeiden University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PELDOR spectroscopy was exploited to study the self-assembled super-structure of the [Glu(OMe)(7,18,19)]alamethicin molecules in vesicular membranes at peptide to lipid molar ratios in the range of 1:70-1:200. The peptide molecules were site-specifically labeled with TOAC electron spins. From the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction between the nitroxides of the monolabeled constituents and the PELDOR decay patterns measured at 77 K, intermolecular-distance distribution functions were obtained and the number of aggregated molecules (n approximately 4) was estimated. The distance distribution functions exhibit a similar maximum at 2.3 nm. In contrast to Alm16, for Alm1 and Alm8 additional maxima were recorded at 3.2 and approximately 5.2 nm. From ESEEM experiments and based on the membrane polarity profiles, the penetration depths of the different spin-labeled positions into the membrane were qualitatively estimated. It was found that the water accessibility of the spin-labels follows the order TOAC-1 > TOAC-8 approximately TOAC-16. The geometric data obtained are discussed in terms of a penknife molecular model. At least two peptide chains are aligned parallel and eight ester groups of the polar Glu(OMe)(18,19) residues are suggested to stabilize the self-aggregate superstructure.

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Membranes, ArtificialProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationAlamethicinAlgorithmsAmino Acid SequenceModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPhosphatidylcholinesSpectrum AnalysisAlamethicinMembranes, ArtificialPhosphatidylcholines

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PMID19383464
PMCPMC2718270
OpenAlexW2061442769

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