TY - JOUR
T1 - The Fats of Life
T2 - Using Computational Chemistry to Characterise the Eukaryotic Cell Membrane
AU - Wilson, Katie A.
AU - Wang, Lily
AU - MacDermott-Opeskin, Hugo
AU - O'Mara, Megan L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 CSIRO.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Our current knowledge of the structural dynamics and complexity of lipid bilayers is still developing. Computational techniques, especially molecular dynamics simulations, have increased our understanding significantly as they allow us to model functions that cannot currently be experimentally resolved. Here we review available computational tools and techniques, the role of the major lipid species, insights gained into lipid bilayer structure and function from molecular dynamics simulations, and recent progress towards the computational modelling of the physiological complexity of eukaryotic lipid bilayers.
AB - Our current knowledge of the structural dynamics and complexity of lipid bilayers is still developing. Computational techniques, especially molecular dynamics simulations, have increased our understanding significantly as they allow us to model functions that cannot currently be experimentally resolved. Here we review available computational tools and techniques, the role of the major lipid species, insights gained into lipid bilayer structure and function from molecular dynamics simulations, and recent progress towards the computational modelling of the physiological complexity of eukaryotic lipid bilayers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073685980&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1071/CH19353
DO - 10.1071/CH19353
M3 - Review article
SN - 0004-9425
VL - 73
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JF - Australian Journal of Chemistry
IS - 3
ER -