Bacteria can precisely adjust their membrane lipid compositions to control the biophysical properties of their membranes, which allows them to thrive in various physical environments. Here ...

New membrane-synthesis pathways in bacteria discovered Date: June 13, 2014 Source: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Summary: New mechanisms used by bacteria to manufacture lipids, i.e. fat molecules, for ...

In technical terms, the lipids in the membranes of bacteria are made up of straight-chain fatty acids that are ester-linked to a backbone of glycerol-3-phosphate. But the lipids in the archaeal ...

Each lipid class confers unique structural features and functions to the bacterial membrane. Some lipids also function as signaling molecules sensed by different host receptors, e.g., C-type ...

She identified more than 300 proteins in the domain and more than 600 in non-domain membrane, a total of nearly 1,000 membrane-associated proteins from a single experiment.

Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves ... Walz and Zhang resolved to push the limits of nanodisc technology, removing membrane lipids with β-cyclodextrin, a chemical used to ...

New research introduces a novel method to activate and visualize bacterial protein channels, making it possible to explain their function. The findings shed light on key membrane proteins in bacteria, ...

Bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to our best drugs, hurtling us towards a future where antibiotics simply don’t work anymore. Now researchers have uncovered a potentially exploitable ...

Like soap, the APOL3 molecules contains a water-loving end and a fat-loving end, so it can bind to the lipid membranes of bacteria and dissolve chunks of the wall into the intracellular fluid.

A compound called abaucin, identified with the help of artificial intelligence, targets another system that moves lipid-modified proteins from inner to outer membrane (Nat. Chem. Biol. 2023, DOI ...

In technical terms: the lipids in the membrane of bacteria are made up of straight-chain fatty acids that are ester-linked to a backbone of glycerol-3-phosphate.