Membrane Biology: Disentangling Cellular Lipid Connections

Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 5;30(19):R1090-R1092. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.067.

Abstract

Biological membranes consist of a surprisingly high number of different lipid species. Little is known about how individual lipids cooperate in modulating cellular functions. A new study suggests an intricate interplay of sphingolipids with ether lipids in vesicular transport.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Biology
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Ether* / metabolism
  • Ethers / metabolism
  • Lipids
  • Secretory Pathway
  • Sphingolipids* / metabolism

Substances

  • Ethers
  • Lipids
  • Sphingolipids
  • Ether