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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 2492-2500Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.11.005
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membrane biomechanics; membrane-attached proteins; anisotropic plate-like proteins; membrane elastic energy
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Positively charged proteins can attach themselves to the negatively charged outer surface of biological cell membranes and liposomes. In this work, the influence of the intrinsic shape of the membrane-attached proteins on the elastic properties of the membrane is considered theoretically. It is shown that attachment of anisotropic proteins to the outer surface of biological membranes may induce tubulation of the membrane. The attachment of semi-flexible rod-like proteins increases the local bending constant, while the attachment of semi-flexible plate-like anisotropic proteins may also reduce the local bending constant of the membrane. The role of the hydrophobic protrusion of the attached protein which is embedded in the outer membrane layer is also discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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