HIGHLIGHTS
- who: EPR and colleagues from the Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USAand Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland have published the paper: Can macular xanthophylls replace cholesterol in formation of the liquid-ordered phase in lipid-bilayer membranes?*, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: The authors carried out DOT studies on the lateral organization of xanthophyll-containing membranes to examine whether or not lutein and zeaxanthin can parallel other structural functions of cholesterol, including formation of the liquid-ordered (lo) phase.
SUMMARY
Both membrane modifiers increase order, decrease alkyl . . .
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