Biological membrane organization and cellular signaling

X Cheng, JC Smith - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
To execute their many vital functions, cell membranes are highly organized. Here, we review
how membrane structure shapes signal transduction across membranes. Recent …

Biophysical studies of lipid nanodomains using different physical characterization techniques

JJ Kinnun, HL Scott, D Bolmatov, CP Collier… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
For the past 50 years, evidence for the existence of functional lipid domains has been
steadily accumulating. Although the notion of functional lipid domains, also known as" lipid …

The two faces of the liquid ordered phase

I Schachter, RO Paananen, B Fábián… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coexisting liquid ordered (Lo) and liquid disordered (Ld) lipid phases in synthetic and
plasma membrane-derived vesicles are commonly used to model the heterogeneity of …

Rotational decoupling between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions in lipid membranes

HS Antila, A Wurl, OHS Ollila, MS Miettinen… - Biophysical …, 2022 - cell.com
Cells use homeostatic mechanisms to ensure an optimal composition of distinct types of
lipids in cellular membranes. The hydrophilic region of biological lipid membranes is mainly …

Glycyrrhizin-induced changes in phospholipid dynamics studied by 1H NMR and MD simulation

OY Selyutina, EA Shelepova, ED Paramonova… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phospholipid bilayer constitutes the basis of the cell membrane. Any changes in its structure
and dynamics could significantly affect the properties and functions of the cell membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic pattern generation in cell membranes: Current insights into membrane organization

K Raghunathan, AK Kenworthy - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2018 - Elsevier
It has been two decades since the lipid raft hypothesis was first presented. Even today,
whether these nanoscale cholesterol-rich domains are present in cell membranes is not …

MAS NMR investigation of molecular order in an ionic liquid crystal

SK Mann, MK Devgan, WT Franks… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structure and molecular order in the thermotropic ionic liquid crystal (ILC),[choline][
geranate (H) octanoate], an analogue of Choline And GEranate (CAGE), which has potential …

[HTML][HTML] Time-domain proton-detected local-field NMR for molecular structure determination in complex lipid membranes

A Wurl, K Saalwächter… - Magnetic Resonance, 2023 - mr.copernicus.org
Proton-detected local-field (PDLF) NMR spectroscopy, using magic-angle spinning and
dipolar recoupling, is presently the most powerful experimental technique for obtaining …

Time-domain r-pdlf nmr for molecular structure determination in complex lipid membranes

A Wurl, K Saalwächter… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2022 - mr.copernicus.org
Proton-detected local field (PDLF) NMR spectroscopy, using magic-angle spinning and
dipolar recoupling, is presently the most powerful experimental technique to obtain atomistic …

[PDF][PDF] Quasi-uncoupled rotational diffusion of phospholipid headgroups from the main molecular frame

H Antila, A Wurl, OH Ollila, MS Miettinen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - pure.mpg.de
Understanding the dynamics of phospholipid headgroups in model and biological
membranes is of extreme importance for an accurate description of the dipolar interactions …