What Are the Challenges in Studying Lipid Bilayers and Catalysis?
Studying lipid bilayers in the context of catalysis presents several challenges: - Complexity: The dynamic nature of lipid bilayers and the diversity of lipids make it difficult to fully understand their effects on catalysis. - Reconstitution: Reconstituting enzymes into synthetic lipid bilayers while maintaining their native activity can be challenging. - Measurement: Accurately measuring catalytic activity within lipid bilayers often requires sophisticated techniques, such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
