Abstract
Lipid bilayer assembly in cell membranes has been simulated with total lipid extracts from human red blood cells and from mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria grown at several temperatures. Aqueous dispersions of these natural lipid mixtures form surface bilayers, a single bimolecular lipid state, but only at the growth temperature of the source organism. Thus, a single isolated bilayer state forms spontaneously in vitro from lipids that are available in vivo at the growth temperature of the cell. Surface bilayers form at a specific temperature that is a function of hydrocarbon chain length and degree of fatty acid unsaturation of the phospholipids; this property is proposed as an essential element in the control of membrane lipid composition.
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