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. 2019 Jun 18;116(12):2235-2236.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.05.003. Epub 2019 May 7.

Cholesterol: The Plasma Membrane's Constituent that Chooses Sides

Herre Jelger Risselada  1
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Cholesterol: The Plasma Membrane's Constituent that Chooses Sides

Herre Jelger Risselada. Biophys J. .
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Snapshot of a coarse-grained molecular simulation of the plasma membrane (9). The outer monolayer of the plasma membrane is enriched in phospholipids, such as phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM), whereas the inner monolayer is enriched in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylserine (PS). Cholesterol is a molecule that can freely “shuttle” between monolayers. To see this figure in color, go online.
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