The Role of Osmolytes and Membrane Lipids in the Adaptation of Acidophilic Fungi [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Acidophiles maintain near-neutral intracellular pH using proton pumps. We have suggested the protective role of osmolytes and membrane lipids in the adaptation to an acidic environment.
Elena A. Ianutsevich +3 more
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Modulation of a rapid neurotransmitter receptor-ion channel by membrane lipids [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Membrane lipids modulate the proteins embedded in the bilayer matrix by two non-exclusive mechanisms: direct or indirect. The latter comprise those effects mediated by the physicochemical state of the membrane bilayer, whereas direct modulation entails ...
Francisco J. Barrantes
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Characterization and Roles of Membrane Lipids in Fatty Liver Disease [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions and it affects the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases.
Morgan Welch +9 more
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New Insights Into Targeting Membrane Lipids for Cancer Therapy
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 Modulation of membrane lipid composition and organization is currently developing as an effective therapeutic strategy against a wide range of diseases, including cancer.
Giulio Preta
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Head-Group Acylation of Chloroplast Membrane Lipids [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Head group-acylated chloroplast lipids were discovered in the 1960s, but interest was renewed about 15 years ago with the discovery of Arabidopsides E and G, acylated monogalactosyldiacylglycerols with oxidized fatty acyl chains originally identified in ...
Yu Song +3 more
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Biosynthesis of archaeal membrane ether lipids
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 A vital function of the cell membrane in all living organism is to maintain the membrane permeability barrier and fluidity. The composition of the phospholipid bilayer is distinct in archaea when compared to bacteria and eukarya.
Samta eJain +3 more
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Impaired membrane lipids in ischemic stroke: a key player in inflammation and thrombosis [PDF]
Journal of NeuroinflammationBackground Membrane lipids play a crucial role in brain function and cell signalling, and they serve as key biological substrates in inflammatory responses, thrombosis, and energy metabolism.
Qian Wang +14 more
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Cryo-EM structures of a protein pore reveal a cluster of cholesterol molecules and diverse roles of membrane lipids [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe structure and function of membrane proteins depend on their interactions with lipids that constitute membranes. Actinoporins are α-pore-forming proteins that bind preferentially to sphingomyelin-containing membranes, where they oligomerize and form ...
Gašper Šolinc +6 more
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Membrane lipids: where they are and how they behave
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2008 G. Meer, D. Voelker, G. Feigenson
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Emerging roles of ATG proteins and membrane lipids in autophagosome formation
Cell Discovery, 2020 Autophagosome biogenesis is a dynamic membrane event, which is executed by the sequential function of autophagy-related (ATG) proteins. Upon autophagy induction, a cup-shaped membrane structure appears in the cytoplasm, then elongates sequestering ...
Taki Nishimura, S. Tooze
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