| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-3084(88)90079-5 |
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| Author | Search for: Sen, Arindam; Search for: Yang, Paul W.1; Search for: Mantsch, Henry H.1; Search for: Hui, Sek-Wen |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Phosphatidylethanolamine; Hydrogen-bonds; Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy; Freeze fracture electron microscopy |
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| Abstract | The structure of phosphatidylethanolamine in pure dry hexane was studied. Viscosity measurements show that the hexane solution of PE has a very high viscosity, while freeze fracture electron microscopy revealed extensive fibre-like structures. These extended structures are disrupted by the addition of small amounts of water or organic solvents which are capable of hydrogen-bonding. The Fourier transform infrared spectra of the lipid solutions in dry and hydrated hexane show considerable differences in the phosphate and ethanolamine absorption bands, and demonstrate that the viscous fibre-like structures formed by phosphtidylethanolamine in dry hexane consist of extended intermolecular hydrogen-bonds, similar to those found in the solid lipid, with the ammonium group as the hydrogen-donor and the phosphate group as the hydrogen-acceptor. The high viscosity is not observed in hexane solution of phosphatidylcholine. |
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| Publication date | 1988-06 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23001412 |
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| Record identifier | 398051b4-2c3b-4d31-84c8-f63ccf869066 |
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| Record created | 2017-02-02 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-17 |
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