Search Results - "Busto, Jon V"
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Lateral plasma membrane compartmentalization links protein function and turnover
Published in The EMBO journal (15-08-2018)“…Biological membranes organize their proteins and lipids into nano‐ and microscale patterns. In the yeast plasma membrane (PM), constituents segregate into a…”
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Biogenesis of mitochondrial β‐barrel membrane proteins
Published in FEBS open bio (01-10-2024)“…β‐barrel membrane proteins in the mitochondrial outer membrane are crucial for mediating the metabolite exchange between the cytosol and the mitochondrial…”
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Binding of β-Amyloid (1–42) Peptide to Negatively Charged Phospholipid Membranes in the Liquid-Ordered State: Modeling and Experimental Studies
Published in Biophysical journal (08-08-2012)“…To explore the initial stages of amyloid β peptide (Aβ42) deposition on membranes, we have studied the interaction of Aβ42 in the monomeric form with lipid…”
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Biophysical Properties of Novel 1-Deoxy-(Dihydro)ceramides Occurring in Mammalian Cells
Published in Biophysical journal (16-12-2014)“…Ceramides and dihydroceramides are N-acyl derivatives of sphingosine and sphinganine, respectively, which are the major sphingoid-base backbones of mammals…”
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Lamellar Gel (Lβ) Phases of Ternary Lipid Composition Containing Ceramide and Cholesterol
Published in Biophysical journal (04-02-2014)“…Lipid lateral segregation into specific domains in cellular membranes is associated with cell signaling and metabolic regulation. This phenomenon partially…”
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N-Nervonoylsphingomyelin (C24:1) Prevents Lateral Heterogeneity in Cholesterol-Containing Membranes
Published in Biophysical journal (17-06-2014)“…This study was conducted to explore how the nature of the acyl chains of sphingomyelin (SM) influence its lateral distribution in the ternary lipid mixture…”
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Atomic Force Microscopy Characterization of Palmitoylceramide and Cholesterol Effects on Phospholipid Bilayers: A Topographic and Nanomechanical Study
Published in Langmuir (17-03-2015)“…Supported planar bilayers (SPBs) on mica substrates have been studied at 23 °C under atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based surface topography and force…”
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Pb(II) Induces Scramblase Activation and Ceramide-Domain Generation in Red Blood Cells
Published in Scientific reports (10-05-2018)“…The mechanisms of Pb(II) toxicity have been studied in human red blood cells using confocal microscopy, immunolabeling, fluorescence-activated cell sorting and…”
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Integration Through Separation - The Role of Lateral Membrane Segregation in Nutrient Uptake
Published in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology (25-06-2019)“…Nutrient transporters are prominent and ubiquitous components of the plasma membrane in all cell types. Their expression and regulation are tightly linked to…”
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Solvation and Hydration of the Ceramide Headgroup in a Non-Polar Solution
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (08-01-2015)“…The microscopic hydration of the ceramide headgroup has been determined using a combination of experimentalboth NMR and neutron diffraction techniques and…”
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Cholesterol displacement by ceramide in sphingomyelin-containing liquid-ordered domains, and generation of gel regions in giant lipidic vesicles
Published in FEBS letters (22-09-2008)“…Fluorescence confocal microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry are used in combination to study the phase behaviour of bilayers composed of…”
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Accumulated Bending Energy Elicits Neutral Sphingomyelinase Activity in Human Red Blood Cells
Published in Biophysical journal (02-05-2012)“…We propose that accumulated membrane bending energy elicits a neutral sphingomyelinase (SMase) activity in human erythrocytes. Membrane bending was achieved by…”
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Low pH Modulates the Macroorganization and Thermal Stability of PSII Supercomplexes in Grana Membranes
Published in Biophysical journal (17-02-2015)“…Protonation of the lumen-exposed residues of some photosynthetic complexes in the grana membranes occurs under conditions of high light intensity and triggers…”
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Insights into Sphingolipid Miscibility: Separate Observation of Sphingomyelin and Ceramide N-Acyl Chain Melting
Published in Biophysical journal (19-12-2012)“…Ceramide produced from sphingomyelin in the plasma membrane is purported to affect signaling through changes in the membrane’s physical properties. Thermal…”
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Cholesterol–Ceramide Interactions in Phospholipid and Sphingolipid Bilayers As Observed by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Published in Langmuir (31-05-2016)“…Free volume voids in lipid bilayers can be measured by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). This technique has been applied, together with…”
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Coexistence of Immiscible Mixtures of Palmitoylsphingomyelin and Palmitoylceramide in Monolayers and Bilayers
Published in Biophysical journal (15-11-2009)“…A combination of lipid monolayer- and bilayer-based model systems has been applied to explore in detail the interactions between and organization of…”
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Membrane binding and insertion of the predicted transmembrane domain of human scramblase 1
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-01-2014)“…Human phospholipid scramblase 1 (SCR) was originally described as an intrinsic membrane protein catalyzing transbilayer phospholipid transfer in the absence of…”
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Double-tailed lipid modification as a promising candidate for oligonucleotide delivery in mammalian cells
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-10-2013)“…The potential use of nucleic acids as therapeutic drugs has triggered the quest for oligonucleotide conjugates with enhanced cellular permeability. To this…”
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Mitochondrial sorting and assembly machinery operates by β-barrel switching
Published in Nature (London) (04-02-2021)“…The mitochondrial outer membrane contains so-called β-barrel proteins, which allow communication between the cytosol and the mitochondrial interior 1 – 3 …”
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A multipoint guidance mechanism for β-barrel folding on the SAM complex
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-02-2023)“…Mitochondrial β-barrel proteins are essential for the transport of metabolites, ions and proteins. The sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) mediates their…”
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