Membrane lipids: where they are and how they behave.
Throughout the biological world, a 30 A hydrophobic film typically delimits the environments that serve as the margin between life and death for individual cells. Biochemical and biophysical findings have provided a detailed model of the composition and structure of membranes, which includes levels of dynamic organization both across the lipid bilayer (lipid asymmetry) and in the lateral dimension (lipid domains) of membranes. How do cells apply anabolic and catabolic enzymes, translocases and transporters, plus the intrinsic physical phase behaviour of lipids and their interactions with membrane proteins, to create the unique compositions and multiple functionalities of their individual membranes?
van Meer
Gerrit
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Bijvoet Center and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. g.vanmeer@uu.nl
Voelker
Dennis R
DR
Feigenson
Gerald W
GW
D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D021381:Protein Transport
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines