Functionalized Membrane Domains: An Ancestral Feature of Archaea?

Bacteria and Eukarya organize their plasma membrane spatially into domains of distinct functions. Due to the uniqueness of their lipids, membrane functionalization in Archaea remains a debated area. A novel membrane ultrastructure predicts that monolayer and bilayer domains would be laterally segreg...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Maxime Tourte, Philippe Schaeffer, Vincent Grossi, Phil M. Oger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Subjects:	Archaea Thermococcales membrane domains archaeal lipids membrane architecture membrane function
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00526/full