title: The organisation of the cell membrane: do proteins rule lipids?
abstract: Cell membranes are a complex adaptive system: they are constantly re-organised in response to extra- and intracellular inputs and their local and global structure ultimately determines how, where and when these inputs are processed. This requires a tight coupling of signalling and membranes in localised and specialised compartments. While lipids are essential components of cell membranes, they mostly lack a direct link to the input signals. Here we review how proteins can deform locally membranes, modify and reorganise lipids to form membrane domains and regulate properties like membrane charges and diffusion. From this point-of-view, it appears that proteins play a central role in regulating membrane organisation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vascular Research and Australian Centre for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: j.rossy@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jérémie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossy
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vascular Research and Australian Centre for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Yuanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vascular Research and Australian Centre for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: k.gaus@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gaus
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins