Aarhus Universitets segl

English

Du er her: AU » Om AU » Organisation » On the molecular mechanism of flippase- and scramblase-me...

Om AU

On the molecular mechanism of flippase- and scramblase-mediated phospholipid transport

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

DOI

Phospholipid flippasesare key regulators of transbilayer lipid asymmetry in eukaryotic cell membranes, critical to many trafficking and signaling pathways. P4-ATPases, in particular, are responsible for the uphill transport of phospholipids from the exoplasmic to the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane, as well as membranes of the late secretory/endocytic pathways, thereby establishing transbilayer asymmetry. Recent studies combining cell biology and biochemical approaches have improved our understanding of the path taken by lipids through P4-ATPases. Additionally, identification of several protein families catalyzing phospholipid 'scrambling', i.e. disruption of phospholipid asymmetry through energy-independent bi-directional phospholipid transport, as well as the recent report of the structure of such a scramblase, opens the way to a deeper characterization of their mechanism of action. Here, we discuss the molecular nature of the mechanism by which lipids may 'flip' across membranes, with an emphasis on active lipid transport catalyzed by P4-ATPases. "This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The cellular lipid landscape edited by Tim Levine and Anant K. Menon."

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftB B A - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
Vol/bind1861
Nummer8, Part B
ISSN1879-2618
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2016

Se relationer på Aarhus Universitet Citationsformater

ID: 96199779