Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, adjusting the permeability of the membrane can improve drug delivery. Adding ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, adjusting the permeability of the membrane can improve drug delivery. Adding ...

Lipids are the main component of cellular membranes. They are highly diverse in structure, and the distribution of different lipids and their species (membrane lipid composition) varies at the ...

Lipids, or fats, are essential to life. They form the membranes around cells, protecting them from the outside. In nature, there is an enormous diversity of lipids, with each organism having its own ...

Lipid kinases are enzymes that play a critical role in both cell signalling and membrane trafficking by phosphorylating lipid ...

'For example, when lipids that are otherwise located on the inside of the membrane are present on the outside this can serve as a signal to induce cell death.

Non-vesicular lipid transport between intracellular membranes can be mediated by spontaneous lipid transfer or lipid-transfer proteins (LTPs) and is crucial for maintaining the identities of ...

Cell membranes play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and functionality of cells. However, the mechanisms by which ...

Glabe and colleagues were drawn to the plasma membrane as a likely site of toxicity because amyloid aggregates are known to be toxic no matter which side of the membrane they are on. First author ...

It can produce lipids that, in bacterial cells, for example, require many different enzymes. This is the first identified enzyme with the ability to produce an entire range of different cardiolipins.

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure.

The TMEM16 family of membrane proteins was hailed as representing the elusive calcium-activated chloride channels. However, the majority of the family members turned out to be scramblases, proteins ...