Regulation of phospholipid distribution in the lipid bilayer by flippases and scramblases

T Sakuragi, S Nagata - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular membranes function as permeability barriers that separate cells from the external
environment or partition cells into distinct compartments. These membranes are lipid …

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 …

Fluorescent probes for lipid membranes: from the cell surface to organelles

AS Klymchenko - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Biomembranes are ubiquitous lipid structures that delimit the cell surface and
organelles and operate as platforms for a multitude of biomolecular processes. The …

The lipid flippase SLC47A1 blocks metabolic vulnerability to ferroptosis

Z Lin, J Liu, F Long, R Kang, G Kroemer, D Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of regulated necrosis caused by unrestricted lipid peroxidation and
subsequent plasma membrane rupture. However, the lipid remodeling mechanism that …

Molecular dynamics simulation of an entire cell

JA Stevens, F Grünewald, PAM van Tilburg… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ultimate microscope, directed at a cell, would reveal the dynamics of all the cell's
components with atomic resolution. In contrast to their real-world counterparts …

Cell-free biosynthesis combined with deep learning accelerates de novo-development of antimicrobial peptides

A Pandi, D Adam, A Zare, VT Trinh, SL Schaefer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bioactive peptides are key molecules in health and medicine. Deep learning holds a big
promise for the discovery and design of bioactive peptides. Yet, suitable experimental …

Lipid droplets and polyunsaturated fatty acid trafficking: Balancing life and death

M Danielli, L Perne, E Jarc Jovičić… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lipid droplets are fat storage organelles ubiquitously distributed across the eukaryotic
kingdom. They have a central role in regulating lipid metabolism and undergo a dynamic …

Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles

M Schlich, R Palomba, G Costabile… - Bioengineering & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the most clinically advanced nano‐delivery system
for therapeutic nucleic acids. The great effort put in the development of ionizable lipids with …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis and functions of very-long-chain fatty acids in the responses of plants to abiotic and biotic stresses

M Batsale, D Bahammou, L Fouillen, S Mongrand… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Very-long-chain fatty acids (ie, fatty acids with more than 18 carbon atoms; VLCFA) are
important molecules that play crucial physiological and structural roles in plants. VLCFA are …

Mammalian lipids: structure, synthesis and function

S Cockcroft - Essays in biochemistry, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Lipids are essential constituents of cellular membranes. Once regarded merely as structural
components, lipids have taken centre stage with the discovery of their roles in cell signalling …