Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
5 years ago

Dynamical Behavior of Hydration Water Molecules between Phospholipid Membranes

Dynamical Behavior of Hydration Water Molecules between Phospholipid Membranes
Nobuaki Takahashi, Shin-ichi Takata, Takeshi Yamada, Hideki Seto, Taiki Tominaga
The dynamical behavior of hydration water sandwiched between 1,2-dimyristyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) bilayers was investigated by quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) in the range between 275 and 316 K, where the main transition temperature of DMPC is interposed. The results revealed that the hydration water could be categorized into three types of water: (1) free water, whose dynamical behavior is slightly different from that of bulk water; (2) loosely bound water, whose dynamical behavior is 1 order of magnitude slower than that of the free water; and (3) tightly bound water, whose dynamical behavior is comparable with that of DMPC molecules. The number of loosely bound and tightly bound water molecules per DMPC molecule monotonically decreased and increased with decreasing temperature, respectively, and the sum of these water molecules remained constant. The number of free water molecules per DMPC molecule was constant in the measured temperature range.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01276

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01276

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