Molecular convergence of bacterial and eukaryotic surface order.
30.09.2011
Kaiser HJ, Surma MA, Mayer F, Levental I, Grzybek M, Klemm RW, Da Cruz S, Meisinger C, Muller V, Simons K, Lingwood D.
J Biol Chem. 2011;286(47):40631-7
The conservation of fluidity is a theme common to all cell membranes. In this study, an analysis of lipid packing was conducted via C-laurdan spectroscopy of cell surface membranes prepared
from representative species of Bacteria and Eukarya. We find that despite their radical differences in composition (namely the presence and absence of membrane rigidifying sterol) the membrane order of all taxa converge on a remarkably similar level.
