Determination of component volumes of lipid bilayers from simulations.

@article{citeulike:3338160, abstract = {An efficient method for extracting volumetric data from simulations is developed. The method is illustrated using a recent atomic-level molecular dynamics simulation of L alpha phase 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer. Results from this simulation are obtained for the volumes of water (VW), lipid (V1), chain methylenes (V2), chain terminal methyls (V3), and lipid headgroups (VH), including separate volumes for carboxyl (Vcoo), glyceryl (Vgl), phosphoryl (VPO4), and choline (Vchol) groups. The method assumes only that each group has the same average volume regardless of its location in the bilayer, and this assumption is then tested with the current simulation. The volumes obtained agree well with the values VW and VL that have been obtained directly from experiment, as well as with the volumes VH, V2, and V3 that require certain assumptions in addition to the experimental data. This method should help to support and refine some assumptions that are necessary when interpreting experimental data.}, address = {Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.}, author = {Petrache, H. I. and Feller, S. E. and Nagle, J. F. }, citeulike-article-id = {3338160}, issn = {0006-3495}, journal = {Biophysical journal}, keywords = {dppc, lipid, md, methods, simulations, volume}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {2237--2242}, posted-at = {2008-09-25 21:02:11}, priority = {2}, title = {Determination of component volumes of lipid bilayers from simulations.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9129826}, volume = {72}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3338160 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3338160 N2 - An efficient method for extracting volumetric data from simulations is developed. The method is illustrated using a recent atomic-level molecular dynamics simulation of L alpha phase 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer. Results from this simulation are obtained for the volumes of water (VW), lipid (V1), chain methylenes (V2), chain terminal methyls (V3), and lipid headgroups (VH), including separate volumes for carboxyl (Vcoo), glyceryl (Vgl), phosphoryl (VPO4), and choline (Vchol) groups. The method assumes only that each group has the same average volume regardless of its location in the bilayer, and this assumption is then tested with the current simulation. The volumes obtained agree well with the values VW and VL that have been obtained directly from experiment, as well as with the volumes VH, V2, and V3 that require certain assumptions in addition to the experimental data. This method should help to support and refine some assumptions that are necessary when interpreting experimental data. IS - 5 JF - Biophysical journal SN - 0006-3495 AD - Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. EP - 2242 TI - Determination of component volumes of lipid bilayers from simulations. VL - 72 SP - 2237 KW - dppc KW - lipid KW - md KW - methods KW - simulations KW - volume AU - Petrache, HI AU - Feller, SE AU - Nagle, JF PY - 1997/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9129826 ER -