Bacterial membrane lipids: diversity in structures and pathways

For many decades, Escherichia coli was the main model organism for the study of bacterial membrane lipids. The results obtained served as a blueprint for membrane lipid biochemistry, but it is clear now that there is no such thing as a typical bacterial membrane lipid composition. Different bacterial species display different membrane compositions and even the membrane composition of cells belonging to a single species is not constant, but depends on the environmental conditions to which the cells are exposed. Bacterial membranes present a large diversity of amphiphilic lipids, including the common phospholipids phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and cardiolipin, the less frequent phospholipids…

• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

  Awards: 178359, 153200
• DG
  Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Award: IN202413