Combined effects of headgroup charge and tail unsaturation of lipids on lateral organization and diffusion of lipids in model biomembranes
Chen Xiao-Jie, Liang Qing
       

(color online) The molecular structures of coarse-grained lipids used in this work. The ethanolamine groups of PE and serine groups of PS are represented by positively-charged beads Q and polar beads P5, respectively. The phosphate groups and glycerol groups of all lipids are represented by negatively-charged beads Q and nonpolar beads Na, respectively. In the fatty acid tails of the lipids, the units linked with saturated bonds are represented by apolar beads C1 and the units linked with unsaturated bonds are represented by apolar beads C . Cholesterol is mapped with five beads and three virtual sites.[47,48,53,54]