title: Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction of highly aligned phospholipid membranes containing the antimicrobial peptide magainin 2.
abstract: We present the first study of grazing incidence X-ray diffraction on a model system of phospholipid membranes and antimicrobial peptides. For this purpose, highly oriented multilamellar samples have been prepared on solid substrates. By this technique, the short-range order of the lipid chains in the fluid L(alpha) phase can be investigated quantitatively, including not only the mean distance between acyl chains, but also the associated correlation length. The short-range order in lecithin is found to be severely affected by the amphiphilic peptide magainin 2.
authors.affiliation: Center for NanoScience and Sektion Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, D-80539 München, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Münster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bechinger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salditt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D054806:Magainins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D054806:Magainins; D010455:Peptides; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; C053301:magainin 2 peptide, Xenopus; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine