Integral membrane proteins carry out essential functions in the cell, and their activities are often modulated by specific protein-lipid interactions in the membrane. Here, we elucidate the intricate ...

Biogenesis of membrane-bound organelles involves the synthesis, remodeling, and degradation of their constituent phospholipids. How these pathways regulate organelle size remains poorly understood.

Simons, in particular, advocated the idea that a special type of nonrandom mixing of the membrane lipids is involved in the sorting process—namely, that lipid domains in the plane of the ...

University of California San Diego Assistant Professors Itay Budin and Christopher Obara have been named Allen Distinguished ...

Scientists develop DNA nanorobots capable of modifying artificial cells. Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum discovered that a lipid anchor on nerve cell membranes stabilizes prion protein folding ...

The shape and morphology of a cell play a key role in the biological function. This corresponds to the principle of "form ...

However, the majority of Archaea remain uncultured. Archaeal specific membrane intact polar lipids (IPLs) are biomarkers of the presence and abundance of living cells. They comprise archaeol and ...

This split model enhances lateral lipid diffusion more than ten times, allowing faster and cheaper equilibration of large systems with different phospholipid types. The current model has been tested ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Lipid rafts are liquid-ordered domains in which specific enzymes and receptors are ...