Membrane Biology: Transmembrane Helices Need to Fit the Surrounding Fat

Takeshi Harayama

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.010

Membrane Biology: Transmembrane Helices Need to Fit the Surrounding Fat

Curr Biol. 2020 Feb 3;30(3):R122-R124. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.010.

Author

Takeshi Harayama¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and National Centre of Competence in Research in Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: harayama-t@umin.net.

PMID: 32017882
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.010

Abstract

A new study compares two sister species of fission yeast that use very different fatty acids to make membrane lipids and reveals an adaptation in transmembrane helix lengths that maintains membrane protein functions.

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MeSH terms

Lipidomics*
Membrane Lipids
Membrane Proteins*
Protein Structure, Secondary

Substances

Membrane Lipids
Membrane Proteins