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An experimental investigation of the low hydration phase properties of phospholipid mixtures is described. 2H (D2O) NMR, X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry have been used to elucidate the phase properties of mixtures of the mixed chain phospholipids palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) and palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (POPE). At 10% hydration pure POPE exhibited a HII phase above 330 K, a fluid lamellar phase below 315 K, and a minimally hydrated crystalline phase below 300 K. For the 1:1 mixture, the samples exhibited only gel or fluid phases between 270 K and 360 K for hydrations in the range 15% to 30%. Below 15% hydration the mixture exhibited two fluid phases with different repeat spacings, as predicted previously.
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Bryant, G., Pope, J.M. & Wolfe, J. Low hydration phase properties of phospholipid mixtures. Eur Biophys J 21, 223–232 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196767
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