SURFACE-PROPERTIES OF THE PHOSPHOLIPIDS OF THE RETINAL ROD MEMBRANE

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 42  (2) , 123-130
Abstract
In rod outer segments [from bovine], most lipids are phospholipids. Among the fatty acid chains of these phospholipids, half are polyunsaturated. Despite their tendency for oxidation, those phospholipids were purified by a preparative method and to measure their individual area-pressure isotherms at Arg water interface. The analysis of those isotherms reveals that membranes formed from these phospholipids must be highly fluid and should permit molecular movements in the membrane.

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