The activities of integral membrane proteins are often affected by the structures of the lipid
molecules that surround them in the membrane. One important parameter is the …

The concept of surface pressure (or lateral pressure) is well known for phospholipid
monolayers at the air-water (or oil-water) interface and, in this case, has a …

The lipid bilayer component of biological membranes is important for the distribution,
organization, and function of bilayer-spanning proteins. This regulation is due to both …

Lipid molecules bound to membrane proteins are resolved in some high-resolution
structures of membrane proteins. An analysis of these structures provides a framework …

The simplest cell-like structure, the lipid bilayer vesicle, can respond to mechanical
deformation by elastic membrane dilation/thinning and curvature changes. When a protein is …

This review addresses the possible consequences of a mismatch in length between the
hydrophobic part of membrane-spanning proteins and the hydrophobic bilayer thickness for …

We recently reported the equilibrium maximum solubility of cholesterol in a lipid bilayer, χ*
chol, to be 0.66 in four different phosphatidylcholines, and 0.51 in a …

Introduction to Proteins provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art introduction to the
structure, function, and motion of proteins for students, faculty, and researchers at all levels …

A wide spectrum of intracellular processes is dependent on the ability of cells to dynamically
regulate membrane shape. Membrane bending by proteins is necessary for the generation …

This article presents a topical review of coarse grain simulation techniques. First, we
motivate these techniques with illustrative examples from biology and materials science …