Bacterial lipid biophysics and membrane organization

LMY Mitchison-Field, BJ Belin - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
The formation of lateral microdomains is emerging as a central organizing principle in
bacterial membranes. These microdomains are targets of antibiotic development and have …

Exploiting neutron scattering contrast variation in biological membrane studies

JH Lakey, N Paracini, LA Clifton - Biophysics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Biological membranes composed of lipids and proteins are central for the function of all cells
and individual components, such as proteins, that are readily studied by a range of structural …

SlyB encapsulates outer membrane proteins in stress-induced lipid nanodomains

A Janssens, VS Nguyen, AJ Cecil, SE Van der Verren… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The outer membrane in Gram-negative bacteria consists of an asymmetric phospholipid—
lipopolysaccharide bilayer that is densely packed with outer-membrane β-barrel proteins …

Constitutive phenotypic modification of lipid a in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

SH Kim, S Yun, W Park - Microbiology spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The degree of polymyxin B (PMB) resistance was measured in 40 clinical Acinetobacter
baumannii isolates obtained from health care facilities. All of the tested isolates possessed a …

Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides in the Modern Era: An Updated Review

L Tajer, JC Paillart, H Dib, JM Sabatier, Z Fajloun… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a serious global health concern, resulting in a
significant number of deaths annually due to infections that are resistant to treatment. Amidst …

Maintenance of bacterial outer membrane lipid asymmetry: insight into MlaA

M Kaur, MP Mingeot-Leclercq - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria acts as an effective barrier to protect
against toxic compounds. By nature, the OM is asymmetric with the highly packed …

[PDF][PDF] Temperature Adaptation and the Physical and Topological Properties of the

C Hayes - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - helda.helsinki.fi
Abstract Faculty: Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences Degree programme:
Master's Programme in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences Study track: Biochemistry and …

A microfluidic platform for in situ studies of bacteria electroporation

IL Volkov, Z Khaji, M Johansson, M Tenje - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Electroporation of dye-labelled bio-molecules has proven to be a valuable alternative to
fluorescent protein fusion for single-molecule tracking in living cells. However, control over …

How does macolacin evade colistin resistance conferred by lipid A modification

S Liu - 2024 - researchspace.auckland.ac.nz
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health threat, with estimates forecasting 10
million annual AMR-induced deaths by 2050. Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are molecules …

[PDF][PDF] Applying bio-orthogonal chemistry and fluorescence microscopy to probe spatio-temporal dynamics in the bacterial outer membrane

J Nabarro - 2024 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is an atypical asymmetric bilayer with
an inner leaflet composed of phospholipids and an outer leaflet consisting of …