Simulation of ergosterols and phospholipids (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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Simulated motion of three different ergosterol intermediates (yellow) and phospholipids (blue or black based on their ordering of their chains). The left ergosterol intermediate (fecosterol) provides too high of an ordering capacity, the middle ((24(28)-dehydroergosterol) too low, while the right provides and intermediate level.

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Alex Sodt and Itay Budin / UC San Diego

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