Biophysical Journal 48: 543-546 (1985)
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Diffusion of molecules on biological membranes of nonplanar form. II. Diffusion anisotropy.

ABSTRACT

Molecules diffusing on nonplanar membranes, which have different amounts of corrugation in different directions, may experience dissimilar diffusion coefficients in each direction. Smith et al. (1979, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 76:5641-5644) measured diffusion anisotropy on fibroblast cell membranes in which the ratio of the diffusion coefficients, in different directions, was 0.27. In the present work we calculate the effect of anisotropic corrugation on the rate of diffusion of molecules on membranes. We find that part of the anisotropy reported by Smith et al. (1979, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 76:5641-5644) can be explained by the membrane nonplanarity, and we present the way of calculating this geometric factor.

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