Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.5, 440-441, 2001
Highly thermostable liposome from 72-membered macrocyclic tetraether lipid: Importance of 72-membered lipid for archaea to thrive under hyperthermal environments
The thermostability of liposomes comprising from a 1:1 mixture of archaeal 72-membered macrocyclic tetraether diphospholipids was investigated for the first time in comparison with those of acyclic and 36-membered macrocyclic diether phospholipids. The liposomes of the former 72-membered macrocyclic lipid certainly form thermostable liposomes.