Membrane Protein – Lipid Interactions: Physics and Chemistry in the Bilayer

• Main Authors: Borrell, Jordi H. (Author), Domènech, Òscar (Author), Keough, Kevin M.W (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Proteins.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Bioorganic Chemistry.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This book has been conceives as a brief introduction to biomembranes physical chemistry for undergraduate students of sciences, and it is particularly dedicated to the lipid-protein membrane interactions. A general introduction is presented in Chapters 1 and 2. The following Chapters, 3 and 4, descr...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular Membrane Biochemistry
• Physicochemical properties of lipids and macromolecular organization
• Lateral distribution of proteins and lipid protein structures in membranes
• Dependence of protein membrane mechanism on specific physicochemical properties.