Issue 13, 2001
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Chemical Communications

Enantiospecificity of sterol–lipid interactions: first evidence that the absolute configuration of cholesterol affects the physical properties of cholesterol–sphingomyelin membranes

S. Lalitha,a   A. Sampath Kumar,a   Keith J. Stineb  and  Douglas F. Covey*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
E-mail: dcovey@molecool.wustl.edu

b Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Electronics, University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
E-mail: kstine@jinx.umsl.edu

Abstract

Results from monolayer studies using the enantiomers of cholesterol (nat- and ent-cholesterol) and egg yolk sphingomyelin show for the first time that enantiospecific interactions between sterols and lipids can affect the physical properties of membranes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B104081M
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 May 2001
Accepted
11 May 2001
First published
13 Jun 2001

Chem. Commun., 2001, 1192-1193

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Enantiospecificity of sterol–lipid interactions: first evidence that the absolute configuration of cholesterol affects the physical properties of cholesterol–sphingomyelin membranes

S. Lalitha, A. S. Kumar, K. J. Stine and D. F. Covey, Chem. Commun., 2001, 1192 DOI: 10.1039/B104081M

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