Exploring Functional Membrane Microdomains in Bacteria: an Overview

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2017 Feb 27

PMID 28237903

Citations 50

Authors

Daniel Lopez

Gudrun Koch

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Abstract

Recent studies show that internal organization of bacterial cells is more complex than previously appreciated. A clear example of this is the assembly of the nanoscale membrane platforms termed functional membrane microdomains. The lipid composition of these regions differs from that of the surrounding membrane; these domains confine a set of proteins involved in specific cellular processes such as protease secretion and signal transduction. It is currently thought that functional membrane microdomains act as oligomerization platforms and promote efficient oligomerization of interacting protein partners in bacterial membranes. In this review, we highlight the most noteworthy achievements, challenges and controversies of this emerging research field over the past five years.

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