Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment

I Levental, E Lyman - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Transmembrane proteins comprise~ 30% of the mammalian proteome, mediating
metabolism, signalling, transport and many other functions required for cellular life. The …

Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes

M Doktorova, JL Symons, I Levental - Nature chemical biology, 2020 - nature.com
Maintenance of lipid asymmetry across the two leaflets of the plasma membrane (PM)
bilayer is a ubiquitous feature of eukaryotic cells. Loss of this asymmetry has been widely …

Membrane phase separation drives responsive assembly of receptor signaling domains

SA Shelby, I Castello-Serrano, KC Wisser… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasma membrane heterogeneity has been tied to a litany of cellular functions and is often
explained by analogy to membrane phase separation; however, models based on phase …

LiPyphilic: A Python toolkit for the analysis of lipid membrane simulations

P Smith, CD Lorenz - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations are now widely used to study emergent phenomena in lipid
membranes with complex compositions. Here, we present LiPyphilic—a fast, fully tested …

Structural and mechanistic basis of the EMC-dependent biogenesis of distinct transmembrane clients

LE Miller-Vedam, B Bräuning, KD Popova… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Membrane protein biogenesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is complex and failure-
prone. The ER membrane protein complex (EMC), comprising eight conserved subunits, has …

Cryo-EM architecture of a near-native stretch-sensitive membrane microdomain

JM Kefauver, M Hakala, L Zou, J Alba, J Espadas… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Biological membranes are partitioned into functional zones termed membrane
microdomains, which contain specific lipids and proteins,–. The composition and …

Experimentally determined leaflet–leaflet phase diagram of an asymmetric lipid bilayer

TA Enoki, FA Heberle - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We have determined the partial leaflet–leaflet phase diagram of an asymmetric lipid bilayer
at ambient temperature using asymmetric giant unilamellar vesicles (aGUVs). Symmetric …

Refinement of Singer-Nicolson fluid-mosaic model by microscopy imaging: Lipid rafts and actin-induced membrane compartmentalization

KGN Suzuki, A Kusumi - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2023 - Elsevier
This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Singer-Nicolson fluid mosaic model for
biological membranes. The next level of sophistication we have achieved for understanding …

Phase‐Separated Lipid‐Based Nanoparticles: Selective Behavior at the Nano‐Bio Interface

P Papadopoulou, R van der Pol… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The membrane‐protein interface on lipid‐based nanoparticles influences their in vivo
behavior. Better understanding may evolve current drug delivery methods toward effective …

The membrane phase transition gives rise to responsive plasma membrane structure and function

SA Shelby, SL Veatch - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Several groups have recently reported evidence for the emergence of domains in cell
plasma membranes when membrane proteins are organized by ligand binding or assembly …