Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 32, 1645-1655, Copyright © 1991 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Effect of acyl chain unsaturation on the packing of model diacylglycerols in simulated monolayers

KR Applegate and JA Glomset
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

In a companion study of the effects of acyl chain unsaturation on a series of model sn-1,2-diacylglycerols (DGs) we showed that individual DGs could adopt one of three energy-minimized conformations depending on the number and location of cis double bonds in the sn-2 chain. Here we show that each of these conformations promotes a distinct type of packing arrangement in a simulated DG monolayer. One conformation, shown by sn-1-18:0 DGs containing an sn-2 22:6(n-3)-, 20:4(n-6)-, or 20:3(n-9)- group, determines a regular packing that resembles a known hybrid subcell, HS2, of crystalline hydrocarbon chains. The second conformation, shown by DGs containing an sn-2 18:0-, 18:2(n-6)-, or 18:3(n-3)- group, determines a regular packing that resembles a second known, distinct hydrocarbon subcell, HS1. The third conformation, that of 18:0/18:1(n-9) DG, determines a much looser, less energetically favorable packing. Stable heterogeneous packings are possible for DGs that have similar conformations, but mixed packings of DGs that have dissimilar conformations are less stable. These results raise the possibility that differences in sn-2 acyl chain unsaturation among membrane sn-1,2-diacylglycerophospholipids may promote the formation of different domains.
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