Viewing lipid DUPC (1,2-(cis-cis-9,12-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine)

Name 1,2-(cis-cis-9,12-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine
Shorthand DUPC
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CAS RN 15818-46-9

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DUPC (1,2-(cis-cis-9,12-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine)

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Lipid DUPC 1,2-(cis-cis-9,12-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine
Forcefield Martini
Code Gromacs
Authors Marrink SJ, Risselada HJ, Yefimov S, Tieleman DP, de Vries AH
Licence CreativeCommons Attribution-ShareAlike licence 3.0 Open Knowledge
Creation date 22 Jan 2011

Doubly unsaturated DUPC. The lipid can be used in ternary mixture with DPPC and CHOL, which undergoes phase-separation. An example of a mixed and phase-separated bilayer is attached.

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files have been taken from http://md.chem.rug.nl/cgmartini/index.php/downloads/force-field-parameters
the DPPC and cholesterol topologies can be found there together with the other martini parameters

 

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