Article
Polymorphic regulation of membrane phospholipid composition in Escherichia coli.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Jun 1993
Rietveld A G, Killian J A, Dowhan W, de Kruijff B
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether the phase preference of Escherichia coli membrane lipids is regulated by adjustment of the ratio of bilayer to non-bilayer lipids, the lipid biosynthetic mutant AD93 was used. This strain lacks the ability to synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine, a non-bilayer lipid which normally accounts for 70-80% of the phospholipids in the E. coli membrane. The lack of phosphatidylethanolamine is...
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