Has nature designed the cholesterol side chain for optimal interaction with phospholipids?

Subcell Biochem. 1997:28:145-71. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5901-6_6.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Cholesterol / analogs & derivatives
  • Cholesterol / chemistry
  • Cholesterol / metabolism*
  • Cholesterol Oxidase / metabolism
  • Cyclodextrins / pharmacology
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry*
  • Membrane Lipids / chemistry
  • Membrane Lipids / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Phospholipids / metabolism*
  • Sterols / chemistry
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Cyclodextrins
  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Membrane Lipids
  • Phospholipids
  • Sterols
  • Cholesterol
  • Cholesterol Oxidase