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SUBMITTER: Pronk S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4308745 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pronk Sander S Lindahl Erik E Kasson Peter M PM
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20150106 2
Biomembrane interfaces create regions of slowed water dynamics in their vicinity. When two lipid bilayers come together, this effect is further accentuated, and the associated slowdown can affect the dynamics of larger-scale processes such as membrane fusion. We have used molecular dynamics simulations to examine how lipid and water dynamics are affected as two lipid bilayers approach each other. These two interacting fluid systems, lipid and water, both slow and become coupled when the lipid me ...[more]