Bell G I, Torney D C
Biophys J. 1985 Dec;48(6):939-47. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(85)83857-1.
This paper gives a detailed analysis of experiments on the kinetics of aggregation of lipid vesicles containing neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAM). An explanation for the dependence of the "initial aggregation rate," kagg, on the square of the vesicle concentration is given, accounting both for Brownian motion of the vesicles and shear effects. A model in which trimers of N-CAM are one-half of the molecular unit bridging two vesicles explains the observed dependence of kagg on up to the sixth power of the lateral N-CAM concentration and corroborates electron micrographic evidence for N-CAM "triskelions."
本文详细分析了含有神经细胞黏附分子(N-CAM)的脂质囊泡聚集动力学实验。给出了“初始聚集速率”kagg对囊泡浓度平方依赖性的解释,同时考虑了囊泡的布朗运动和剪切效应。一个模型表明,N-CAM三聚体是连接两个囊泡的分子单元的一半,该模型解释了观察到的kagg对横向N-CAM浓度六次方的依赖性,并证实了N-CAM“三叉戟”的电子显微镜证据。