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A carotenoid-deficient mutant of the plant-associated microbe Pantoea sp. YR343 displays an altered membrane proteome.
Scientific reports - 11 Sept 2020
Vijaya Kumar Sushmitha, Abraham Paul E, Hurst Gregory B, Chourey Karuna, Bible Amber N, Hettich Robert L, Doktycz Mitchel J, Morrell-Falvey Jennifer L
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Membrane organization plays an important role in signaling, transport, and defense. In eukaryotes, the stability, organization, and function of membrane proteins are influenced by certain lipids and sterols, such as cholesterol. Bacteria lack cholesterol, but carotenoids and hopanoids are predicted to play a similar role in modulating membrane properties. We have previously shown that the loss of carotenoids in...
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