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DNA-nanostructure-templated assembly of planar and curved lipid-bilayer membranes
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 Lipid-bilayer nanodiscs and liposomes have been developed to stabilize membrane proteins in order to study their structures and functions. Nanodiscs are detergent-free, water-soluble, and size-controlled planar phospholipid-bilayer platforms.
Mostafa A. Elbahnasawy, Mahmoud L. Nasr
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Monolayer curvature stabilizes nanoscale raft domains in mixed lipid bilayers [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013 According to the lipid raft hypothesis, biological lipid membranes are laterally heterogeneous and filled with nanoscale ordered “raft” domains, which are believed to play an important role for the organization of proteins in membranes.
Sebastian Meinhardt, R. Vink, F. Schmid
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FLUCTUATIONS IN LIPID BILAYERS: ARE THEY UNDERSTOOD? [PDF]
Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 2013 We review recent computer simulation studies of undulating lipid bilayers. Theoretical interpretations of such fluctuating membranes are most commonly based on generalized Helfrich-type elastic models, with additional contributions of local "protrusions" and/or density fluctuations. Such models provide an excellent basis for describing the fluctuations
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro +2 more
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Effect of charged lipids on the ionization behavior of glutamic acid containing transmembrane helices [PDF]
, 2020 Transmembrane proteins make up critical components of living cells. Protein function can be greatly impacted by the charged state of its respective components, the side chains of amino acid residues.
Nunn, Brooke
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.To explore the impact of the overexpression of the multidrug‐transporter P‐glycoprotein (ABCB1) on membrane fluidity, we compared the transversal gradient of mobility and microviscosity in plasma membranes of drug‐sensitive Chinese hamster ovary cells (AuxB1) and their multidrug‐resistant derivatives (B30) using the fluorescent n‐(9‐anthroyloxy) fatty ...
Roger Busche +2 more
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Determination of biomembrane bending moduli in fully atomistic simulations. [PDF]
, 2014 The bilayer bending modulus (Kc) is one of the most important physical constants characterizing lipid membranes, but precisely measuring it is a challenge, both experimentally and computationally.
Brown, Frank LH +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu +17 more
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Toxins, 2020 Cytolytic toxin (Cyt) is a toxin among Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins. Cyt toxin directly interacts with membrane lipids for cytolytic action. However, low hemolytic activity is desired to avoid non-specific effects in mammals. In this work,
Sudarat Tharad +2 more
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Characterization of the Prokaryotic Sodium Channel NavSp Pore with a Microfluidic Bilayer Platform. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 This paper describes the use of a newly-developed micro-chip bilayer platform to examine the electrophysiological properties of the prokaryotic voltage-gated sodium channel pore (Na(v)Sp) from Silicibacter pomeroyi.
Shimul Chandra Saha +5 more
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