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Biophysical Journal 47: 757-764 (1985)
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Lipid phase of transverse tubule membranes from skeletal muscle. An electron paramagnetic resonance study.

C Hidalgo

ABSTRACT

The lipid phase of transverse tubule membrane was probed with a variety of fatty acid spin labels. The motion of the probe increased as the distance between the spin label and polar head group increased, in agreement with results reported in other membranes. The value of the order parameter at 37 degrees C for a fatty acid spin label containing the label attached to its fifth carbon atom was closer to values reported for bacterial membranes than to the lower values reported for other mammalian membranes. Order parameters for spin labels containing the label nearer to the center of the bilayer were closer to the values reported in other mammalian membranes than to values reported for bacterial membranes. These results indicate that the lipid segments in the vicinity of the polar head group, and less so those near the center of the bilayer, are motionally more restricted in transverse tubules than in other mammalian membranes. In particular, the lipid phase of the transverse tubule membrane is less fluid than that of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. A possible role of the high cholesterol content of transverse tubules in generating the lower fluidity of its lipid phase is discussed.




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