Phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) are a family of seven different eukaryotic membrane lipids that have a large role in cell viability, despite their minor concentration in eukaryotic cellular membranes. PIPs tightly regulate cellular processes, such as cellular growth, metabolism, immunity, and development through direct interactions with partner proteins. Understanding the biophysical properties of PIPs in the complex membrane environment is important to understand how PIPs selectively regulate a partner protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) are a family of seven different eukaryotic membrane lipids that have a large role in cell viability, despite their minor concentration in eukaryotic cellular membranes. PIPs tightly regulate cellular processes such as cellular growth, metabolism, immunity, and development through direct interactions with partner proteins. Understanding the biophysical properties of PIPs in the complex membrane environment is important to understand how PIPs selectively regulate a partner protein.
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November 2023
High impact recent articles have reported on the existence of a liquid-liquid (L-L) phase transition as a function of both pressure and temperature in ionic liquids (ILs) containing the popular trihexyltetradecylphosphonium cation (P), sometimes referred to as the "universal liquifier". The work presented here reports on the structural-dynamic pathway from liquid to glass of the most well-studied IL comprising the P cation. We present experimental and computational evidence that, on cooling, the path from the room-temperature liquid to the glass state is one of separate structural-dynamic changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe advent of magic angle spinning (MAS) rates exceeding 100 kHz has facilitated the acquisition of H-detected solid-state NMR spectra of biomolecules with high resolution. However, challenges can arise when preparing rotors for these experiments, due to the physical properties of biomolecular solid samples and the small dimensions of the rotors. In this study, we have designed 3D-printable centrifugal devices that facilitate efficient and consistent packing of crystalline protein slurries or viscous phospholipids into 0.
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