轴对称囊泡的静止形状超出了最低能量配置
Rodrigo B Reboucas1, Michael J Miksis1, Petia M Vlahovska1
1Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
ArXiv
|December 4, 2023
概括
承受压力的囊泡采用更高能量的形状,需要外部力量. 较低的内部压力导致多叶片囊泡形状,解释了在交流电场中的实验观测.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 软物质物理学 软物质物理学
- 计算建模 计算建模
背景情况:
- 囊泡形态对于生物功能和材料科学应用至关重要.
- 赫尔弗里希模型描述了脂质双层的弹性能量.
- 了解不同压力下的形状转变是预测囊泡行为的关键.
结论:
- 赫尔弗里希模型为预测压力下囊泡形状提供了一个强大的框架.
- 不同的压力条件显著改变了囊泡能量格局和由此产生的形态.
- 这项工作提供了对驱动囊泡形状变化的物理机制的见解,以应对外部刺激.
相关概念视频
VSEPR Theory and the Basic Shapes
68.4K
Overview of VSEPR Theory
68.4K
VSEPR Theory
9.5K
Valence shell electron-pair repulsion theory (VSEPR theory) enables us to predict the molecular structure around a central atom from an examination of the number of bonds and lone electron pairs in its Lewis structure. The VSEPR model assumes that electron pairs in the valence shell of a central atom will adopt an arrangement that minimizes repulsions between these electron pairs by maximizing the distance between them. The electrons in the valence shell of a central atom form either bonding...
9.5K
Pinching-off of Coated Vesicles
3.2K
Vesicle budding is orchestrated by distinct cytosolic proteins such as adaptor proteins, coat proteins, and GTPases. To initiate vesicle budding, membrane-bending proteins containing crescent-shaped BAR domains bind to the lipid heads in the bilayer and distort the membrane to form a protein-coated vesicle bud. Adaptors proteins such as AP2 for clathrin-coated vesicles can nucleate on the deformed membrane. Finally, coat proteins such as clathrin or COPI and COPII assemble into a coat forming...
3.2K
Clathrin Coated Vesicles
7.0K
Clathrin-coated vesicles use endocytosis to transport receptors and lysosomal hydrolases from the Golgi to the lysosome in the late secretory pathway. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis was the first described endocytic process, and Clathrin-coated vesicles remain one of the most well-studied transport vesicles. The molecular machinery that generates clathrin-coated vesicles comprises over 50 proteins that precisely coordinate vesicle formation. Cell surface receptors concentrated in indented sites...
7.0K
Conformations of Cyclohexane
12.5K
Cyclohexane does not exist in a planar form due to the high angle and torsional strain it would experience in the planar structure. Instead, it adopts non-planar chair and boat conformations.
The chair form is the most stable and derives its name from its resemblance to the “easy chair.” In the chair conformation, two carbon atoms are arranged out-of-plane — one above and one below, minimizing the torsional strain. In the chair form, the bond angle is very close to the ideal...
The chair form is the most stable and derives its name from its resemblance to the “easy chair.” In the chair conformation, two carbon atoms are arranged out-of-plane — one above and one below, minimizing the torsional strain. In the chair form, the bond angle is very close to the ideal...
12.5K
Molecular Shapes
56.9K
Molecules have characteristic shapes that are crucial for their function. The arrangement of various electron groups around the central atom dictates their molecular geometry. Electron pairs in the valence shell of a central atom will adopt an arrangement that minimizes repulsions between the electron pairs by maximizing the distance between them. The valence electrons form either bonding pairs, located primarily between bonded atoms, or lone pairs.
Two regions of electron density in a diatomic...
Two regions of electron density in a diatomic...
56.9K


