Table 1. Molar concentrations, number of AMP molecules associated with each lipid, and number of AMP molecules in the inter-lamellar space between two lipids (assuming that approximately every second bilayer excludes AMP molecules).
AMP:DMPC | AMP/lipid | AMP/lipids inter-lamellar | Lipid/AMP Fraction | Area per lipid molecule (Å2) | # of layers calculated | # of layers observed |
0∶1 | 0 | 0 | – | 40.8 | – | – |
1∶2 | 1 | 2 | 0.76∶1 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 1 |
1∶1 | 2 | 4 | 0.67∶1 | 40.0 | 2.8 | 1,2 |
2∶1 | 4 | 8 | 0.89∶1 | 40.0 | 5.9 | 2,4,8 |
3∶1 | 6 | 12 | 0.78∶1 | 40.0 | 8.5 | 8,9 |
The Lipid/AMP fraction refers to the ratio of lipid correlation peaks in Figure 3 A, normalized to the pure lipid peak. The positions of these lipid peaks were used to calculate the area per lipid molecule, which increased from 40.0 to 42.8 Å with AMP present. The area per AMP was calculated by multiplying the unit cell parameters of the tetragonal unit cell to 30.0 Å. The number of layers between a bilayer as obtained from calculation and from the data in Figure 4 is also included.