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The impact of a carbon nanotube on the cholesterol domain localized on a protein surface

Biological Physics 2011-01-06 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Soft Condensed Matter Medical Physics

Abstract

The influence of a single walled carbon nanotube on the structure of a cholesterol cluster (domain) developed over the surface of the endothelial protein 1LQV has been investigated using the classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique. We have observed a substantial impact of carbon nanotube on the arrangement of the cholesterol domain. The carbon nanotube can drag out cholesterol molecules, remarkable reducing the volume of the domain settled down on the protein.

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@article{arxiv.1101.1003,
  title  = {The impact of a carbon nanotube on the cholesterol domain localized on a protein surface},
  author = {Zygmunt Gburski and Krzysztof Gorny and Przemyslaw Raczynski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1003},
  year   = {2011}
}

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17 pages, 8 figures