THE POLAR GROUP CONFORMATION OF 1,2-DIALKYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES - AN NMR-STUDY
THE POLAR GROUP CONFORMATION OF 1,2-DIALKYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES - AN NMR-STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(81)90326-6
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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HAUSER, H
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HAUSER, H
The polar group conformation of 1,2-di-O-alkylglycerophosphocholine (dialkylphosphatidylcholine (ether phosphatidylcholine)) is investigated and compared to that of the corresponding diacylphosphatidylcholine (ester phosphatidylcholine). The motionally averaged conformation of the glycerophosphocholine group is similar in the 2 classes of compounds. The replacement of the ester linkages by ether bonds has no significant effect on the average conformation and segmental motion of the polar group, based on 1H spin-spin coupling constant analysis which gives information about the conformation of the glycerol (torsion angles .theta.1 to .theta.4,) and the remainder of the polar group (torsion angles .alpha.1, .alpha.4, .alpha.5) except for the conformation of the phosphodiester group (torsion angles .alpha.2 and .alpha.3). Comparison of 31P powder spectra of dialkyl- and diacylphosphatidylcholine shows that the conformation of the latter group is also very similar in the 2 classes of compounds. The 1H-NMR measurements were carried out with short chain compounds (dihexylphosphatidylcholine) which are present as monomers or small micelles in H2O and long chain compounds (dioleylphosphatidylcholine) forming small micelles in CHCl3/CH3OH. The 31P-NMR work was carried out with dipalmitylphosphatidylcholine which forms multilamellar bilayer structures in H2O. NMR measurements using these different structures show that for both ether and ester phosphatidylcholines the average conformation and segmental motion is independent of the state of aggregation. Displacement of water of hydration by CHCl3/CH3OH has little effect on conformation and segmental motion. The motionally averaged conformation of the polar group is mainly determined by intramolecular energetics. 1H-NMR shows that there is almost free rotation of the phosphocholine group about the C2-C3 glycerol bond. As a result there is no preferred conformation of the phosphocholine group with respect to the diacylglycerol part of the molecule. This rotation is probably responsible for the averaging of the chemical shielding tensor leading to axially symmetric 31P powder spectra as observed for aqueous phosphatidylcholine dispersions both below and above the transition temperature.