title: Cholesterol incorporation into bacterial membranes.
abstract: The wall-covered bacteria Micrococcus lysodeikticus, Bacillus megaterium, and Proteus mirabilis incorporated exogenous cholesterol into their cytoplasmic membrane in quantities resembling those incorporated by sterol-nonrequiring mycoplasmas. Cholesterol incorporation into the outer membrane of P. mirabilis was much more restricted than into the cytoplasmic membrane.
mesh_terms: D000128:Acholeplasma laidlawii / Q000378:metabolism; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000378:metabolism; D009176:Mycoplasma mycoides / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D010758:Phosphorus; D002784:Cholesterol