title: Interaction of apolipoprotein AI from human serum high-density lipoprotein with egg yolk phosphatidylcholine.
abstract: Apolipoprotein AI from human serum high-density lipoprotein has been recombined with egg yolk lecithin from ternary complexes of detergent-lipid-protein to from homogeneous spherical particles with maximum binding of 220 mol of lipid/2 mol of AI. This complex differs from those formed when n-alkyl detergents or short chain saturated diacylphosphatidylcholines interact with AI in that the maximum hydrophobic volume accommodated by the protein is increased as the result of increased alpha-helix content. Additionally, it is shown that no interaction occurs between AI and didecanolyphosphatidylcholine or egg yolk lecithin above their thermotropic phase transitions and in the absence of single-tail amphiphiles.
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008433:Mathematics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines