Cell membrane causes the lipid bilayers to behave as variable capacitors: A resonance with self-induction of helical proteins
 
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Prof. Dr. Majıd MONAJJEMI Islamic Azad University, Science And Research Branch, İran
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Biophysical Chemistry
Dergi ISSN 0301-4622 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 12-2015
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 207 / 1 / 114–127 DOI 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.10.003
Makale Linki http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946943879&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Özet
Cell membrane has a unique feature of storing biological energies in a physiologically relevant environment. This study illustrates a capacitor model of biological cell membrane including DPPC structures. The electron density profile models, electron localization function (ELF) and local information entropy have been applied to study the interaction of proteins with lipid bilayers in the cell membrane. The quantum and coulomb blockade effects of different thicknesses in the membrane have also been specifically investigated. It has been exhibited the quantum effects can appear in a small region of the free space within the membrane thickness due to the number and type of phospholipid layers. In addition, from the viewpoint of quantum effects by Heisenberg rule, it is shown the quantum tunneling is allowed in some micro positions while it is forbidden in other forms of membrane capacitor systems. Due to the dynamical behavior of the cell membrane, its capacitance is not fixed which results a variable capacitor. In presence of the external fields through protein trance membrane or ions, charges exert forces that can influence the state of the cell membrane. This causes to appear the charge capacitive susceptibility that can resonate with self-induction of helical coils; the resonance of which is the main reason for various biological pulses.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Cell membrane capacitors | Lipid bilayers | Variable capacitors