Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2052889 FEBS Letters 2006 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

The 1H NMR technique was applied to study binding of AmB, an antifungal drug, to lipid membranes formed with egg yolk phosphatidylcholine. The analysis of 1H NMR spectra of liposomes, containing also cholesterol and ergosterol (at 40 mol%), shows that AmB binds preferentially to the polar headgroups. Such a binding restricts molecular motion of the choline fragment in the hydrophilic region at the surface of liposomes but increases the segmental motional freedom in the hydrophobic core. The same effects are also observed in the sterol-containing membranes, except that the effect on the hydrophobic core was exclusively observed in the membranes containing ergosterol.

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