TABLE 1.

Acyl chain composition and main transition temperature T_c of the investigated lipids

Lipid	Acyl chains*	Tc†	Hydrophobic thickness (nm)
DMPC	14:0 /14:0	23°C	2.30 (Lα),‡ 2.62 (Lα),¶ 2.9 (Lα)**
POPC	16:0 /18:1(C9-C10)	−4°C	2.58 (Lα)§
PhC	16:0 (34%), 18:1 (32%), 18:2 (18%)	<0°C	2.71 (Lα)¶, 2.9 (Lα)**
DSPC	18:0 /18:0	54.5°C	2.95 (Lα),†‖ 3.06 (Lα),** 3.60 (Lβ)‖
Sph	18:0 (49%), 24:1 (20%)	35°C	In the range of DSPC as judged from the acyl chain lengths††

^*DMPC, DSPC, POPC, acyl chains at positions 1/2; PhC, Sph, major acyl chains with % occurrence in brackets.

^†T_c, main transition temperature from the gel (L_β) to the liquid-crystalline (L_α) phase according to Marsh (72) and Meyer et al. (73).

^‡Lewis and Engelman (74).

^§Nezil and Bloom (77).

^¶Nagle and Tristram-Nagle (75).

^‖Rinia et al. (78).

^**Cornell and Separovic (76).

^††No data available.