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. 1975 Mar 13;382(2):125-41.
doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(75)90171-6.

ESR spectral analysis of the molecular motion of spin labels in lipid bilayers and membranes based on a model in terms of two angular motional parameters and rotational correlation times

ESR spectral analysis of the molecular motion of spin labels in lipid bilayers and membranes based on a model in terms of two angular motional parameters and rotational correlation times

J Israelachvili et al. Biochim Biophys Acta. .

Abstract

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectral line shapes are calculated for a nitroxide spin-labeled molecule undergoing rapid restricted rotations (twisting) about its long molecular axis while simultaneously tumbling within a cone. Explicit expressions are derived for the hyperfine splittings and g-values, as well as for the secular contributions to the motionally modulated linewidths. The present model is useful for analyzing the restricted twisting and tumbling motions, and rotational correlation times, of spin-labeled molecules in bilayers. Simulated spectra compare well with experimental spectra of lecithin bilayers marked with cholestane spin label, over a wide temperature range.

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