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Lateral proton conduction along a lipid-water interface layer: a molecular mechanism for the role of hydration water
M Prats1, J F Tocanne, J Teissié
1Centre de Recherche de Biochimie et de Génétique Cellulaires du CNRS, Toulouse, France.
Biochimie
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Using a fluorescence method applied to phospholipids spread at the air-water interface, we showed the occurrence of a localized proton pathway along the phospholipid polar heads. From the systematic investigation of this phenomenon, we conclude that the protons diffuse through a hydrogen bond network which is a matrix of hydrated polar head groups.