Melo E C, Lourtie I M, Sankaram M B, Thompson T E, Vaz W L
Centro de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-I.S.T., Oeiras, Portugal.
Biophys J. 1992 Dec;63(6):1506-12. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81735-6.
It has recently been shown (Vaz, W.L.C., E.C.C. Melo, and T.E. Thompson. 1989. Biophys. J. 56:869-875; 1990. Biophys. J. 58:273-275) that in lipid bilayer membranes in which ordered and disordered phases coexist, the ordered phase can form a two-dimensional reticular structure that subdivides the coexisting disordered phase into a disconnected domain structure. Here we consider theoretically the yields of bimolecular reactions between membrane-localized reactants, when both the reactants and products are confined to the disordered phase. It is shown that compartmentalization of reactants in disconnected domains can lead to significant reductions in reaction yields. The reduction in yield was calculated for classical bimolecular processes and for enzyme-catalyzed reactions. These ideas can be used to explain certain experimental observations.
最近有研究表明(瓦斯,W.L.C.,E.C.C. 梅洛,以及T.E. 汤普森。1989年。《生物物理杂志》56:869 - 875;1990年。《生物物理杂志》58:273 - 275),在有序相和无序相共存的脂质双分子层膜中,有序相能够形成一种二维网状结构,该结构将共存的无序相细分为不相连的区域结构。在此,我们从理论上考虑膜定位反应物之间双分子反应的产率,此时反应物和产物都局限于无序相。结果表明,反应物在不相连区域中的区室化会导致反应产率显著降低。针对经典双分子过程和酶催化反应计算了产率的降低情况。这些观点可用于解释某些实验观察结果。