Lipid-anchored proteins (also known as lipid-linked proteins) are proteins located on the surface of the cell membrane [of what?] that are covalently attached...

and proteins, such as the polybasic domain of the MARCKS protein or histactophilin, when their natural hydrophobic anchors are present. Lipid anchored proteins...

V proteins are anchored to the lipid bilayer through covalently linked lipids. Finally Type VI proteins have both transmembrane domains and lipid anchors...

glycosphingolipids, cholesterol and protein receptors organized in glycolipoprotein lipid microdomains termed lipid rafts. Their existence in cellular...

multicellular organisms. Membrane proteins consist of three main types: integral proteins, peripheral proteins, and lipid-anchored proteins. As shown in the adjacent...

about. Such transmembrane proteins are difficult to isolate, as they bind tightly to the lipid membrane, often require lipids to display the proper structure...

single-pass molecules. Type I transmembrane proteins are anchored to the lipid membrane with a stop-transfer anchor sequence and have their N-terminal domains...

other hydrophilic parts of other membrane proteins on the surface of the membrane. Lipid anchored proteins: Essentially hydrophilic, so, are also located...

keeps ions, proteins and other molecules where they are needed and prevents them from diffusing into areas where they should not be. Lipid bilayers are...

may be anchored in the lipid bilayer. Polypeptide toxins and many antibacterial peptides, such as colicins or hemolysins, and certain proteins involved...

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small proteins to the cell membrane. This phenomenon is known as prenylation, and is important for proper sub-cellular protein trafficking (see "lipid-anchored...

a protein covalently linked to lipid molecules, which can be fatty acids, isoprenoids or sterols. The process of such a linkage is known as protein lipidation...

protein molecules on the surface. Rab proteins are peripheral membrane proteins, anchored to a membrane via a lipid group covalently linked to an amino...

functioning. Proteins are adapted to high membrane fluidity environment of the lipid bilayer with the presence of an annular lipid shell, consisting of lipid molecules...

discovery in the 1990s of proteins in the lipid droplet coat that regulate lipid droplet dynamics and lipid metabolism, lipid droplets are seen as highly...

membrane protein also known as single-spanning protein or bitopic protein is a transmembrane protein that spans the lipid bilayer only once. These proteins may...

Prenylation (also known as isoprenylation or lipidation) is the addition of hydrophobic molecules to a protein or a biomolecule. It is usually assumed that...

lies near 20–30 residues. Proteins can interact with many types of molecules and ions, including with other proteins, with lipids, with carbohydrates, and...

are instead attached to the membrane via lipid modifications such as palmitoylation. Tail-anchored proteins can be inserted into the plasma membrane,...

1-O-alkyl lipids are ubiquitous and sometimes major parts of the cell membranes in mammals. The glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of mammalian proteins generally...

be attached to the C-terminus of a protein during posttranslational modification. The resulting GPI-anchored proteins play key roles in a wide variety of...

Lipid-anchored protein Lipid bilayer Lipid bilayer characterization Lipid bilayer fusion Lipid bilayer mechanics Lipid bilayer phase behavior Lipid raft...

Lipid A is a lipid component of an endotoxin held responsible for the toxicity of gram-negative bacteria. It is the innermost of the three regions of the...

Perilipin, also known as lipid droplet-associated protein, perilipin 1, or PLIN, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the PLIN gene. The perilipins...

can denature membrane proteins. The earliest model bilayer system developed was the “painted” bilayer, also known as a “black lipid membrane.” The term...

occurring substances. Glypiation, which is the addition of a GPI anchor that links proteins to lipids through glycan linkages. Glycosylation is the process by...

actin-based compartments. Recent evidences suggested that different lipid-anchored membrane proteins can undergo dynamic compartmentalization within specific membrane...

interaction with receptor domains, G protein subunits, lipids, anchoring proteins and calcium-sensitive proteins. Phosphorylation of the receptor can...

Myristoylation allows for weak protein–protein and protein–lipid interactions and plays an essential role in membrane targeting, protein–protein interactions and functions...