Glycosphingolipids are ubiquitous components of animal cell membranes. They are
constituted by the basic structure of ceramide with its hydroxyl group linked to single …

Many life-sustaining activities in living cells occur at the membrane-water interface. The
pertinent questions that we need to ask are, what are the evolutionary reasons in biology for …

Phospholipid nanogels enhance the stability and performance of the exoglycosidase
enzyme neuraminidase and are used to create a fixed zone of enzyme within a capillary …

Abstract Sialidases (EC 3.2. 1.18; N-acylneuraminosyl glycohydrolase) are a family of
exoglycosidases that catalyze the cleavage of nonreducing sialic acid residues ketosidically …

A simple relationship between surface pressure and interfacial water activity has been
derived. It is hypothesized that the mechanism of activation of several membrane-bound …

The binding of influenza A virus to GM3-containing monolayers at an air/water interface was
quantitatively investigated by use of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). A QCM was …

Monosialogangliosides (GM1, GM2, GM3 and GM4) were reconstituted in lipid monolayers
at the air–water interface. The binding amounts and the initial binding rates of wheat germ …

Integrins are critical receptors in cell migration and adhesion. A number of mechanisms are
known to regulate the function of integrins, including phosphorylation, conformational …

Sphingomyelinase activity against pure sphingomyelin monolayers is constant up to a
surface pressure of 18 mN/m and falls above it. Sphingomyelinase-and phospholipase A2 …

Biomembranes contain a wide variety of lipids and proteins within an essentially two-
dimensional structure. The coexistence of such a large number of molecular species causes …