Folding, curvature, and domain formation are characteristics of many biological membranes.
Yet the mechanisms that drive both curvature and the formation of specialized domains …

In the photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodobacter (Rba.) sphaeroides, light is absorbed
by membrane-bound light-harvesting (LH) proteins LH1 and LH2. LH1 directly surrounds the …

Crowding of asymmetrically-distributed membrane proteins has been recently recognized as
an important factor in remodeling of biological membranes, for example during transport …

Aggregation of transmembrane proteins is important for many biological processes, such as
protein sorting and cell signaling, and also for in vitro processes such as two-dimensional …

Photosynthesis relies on the delicate interplay between a specific set of membrane-bound
pigment–protein complexes that harvest and transport solar energy, execute charge …

Cellular membranes are typically decorated with a plethora of embedded and adsorbed
macromolecules, eg proteins, that participate in numerous vital processes. With typical …

Interaction forces of membrane protein subunits are of importance in their structure,
assembly, membrane insertion, and function. In biological membranes, and in the …

Membrane traffic requires membrane deformation to generate vesicles and tubules. Strong
evidence suggests that assembly of curvature-active proteins can drive such membrane …

Using coarse-grained membrane simulations we show here that peripheral membrane
proteins can form a multitude of higher-order structures due to membrane-mediated …

In cell membranes, membrane proteins occupy∼ 30% of the total surface area. Crowding
effects similar to those in the solution phase are thus to be expected. In addition, there are …