Transport Dynamics of Water Molecules Confined between Lipid Membranes. 2024

Minho Lee, and Euihyun Lee, and Ji-Hyun Kim, and Hyonseok Hwang, and Minhaeng Cho, and Jaeyoung Sung
Creative Research Initiative Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.

Water molecules confined between biological membranes exhibit a distinctive non-Gaussian displacement distribution, far different from that of bulk water. Here, we introduce a new transport equation for water molecules in the intermembrane space, quantitatively explaining molecular dynamics simulation results. We find that the unique transport dynamics of water molecules stems from the lateral diffusion coefficient fluctuation caused by their longitudinal motion in the direction perpendicular to the membranes. We also identify an interfacial region where water possesses distinct physical properties, which is unaffected by changes in the intermembrane separation.

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