The research team computed Raman spectra for 60 different cholesterol structures, focusing on cholesterol's unique fused ring structure and its eight-carbon chain.

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms tight membrane contact sites (MCSs) with several organelles in animal cells and yeast. The function of MCSs between the ER and mitochondria and endosomes are ...

New nanoparticle technology to decipher structure and function of membrane proteins Date: March 8, 2016 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: Researchers have developed a nanoparticle technology ...

Plant plasma membrane and cell-wall structure A plant cell wall is arranged in layers and contains cellulose microfibrils, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin, and soluble protein.

The results of their large-scale simulations highlight unique properties of the soybean plasma membrane and demonstrate a microscale membrane structure in which similar lipids tend to cluster ...

The tapeworm "cuticle" is, in reality, a cellular syncytium, referred to in the recent literature as a tegument. Lacking a gut, tapeworms utilize the tegment alone for chemical interchange with the ...

Our remarkable ability to perform complex tasks—such as thinking, observing, and touch—stems from proteins, the tiny ...

Research into the plasma membrane structure and behavior can provide invaluable information about whether, and to what extent, small molecules such as sugars, hormones and drugs, can permeate.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have developed a nanoparticle technology that can be used to stabilise membrane proteins so that their structure can be studied in a lipid environment ...