Transmembrane proteins are crucial vehicles for cellular transport and communication, composing ~20–30% of all proteomes 1 and ~60% of drug targets 2. Understanding mechanisms governing the functional ...

Cells actively maintain complex lipidomes that encompass thousands of lipids; however, many of the roles of these lipids remain unexplored. Specific interactions between lipids and membrane proteins ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Metabolism, a team of researchers conducted detailed longitudinal profiling and analysis of the lipidome using plasma samples from over a hundred ...

This TimeCapsule reviews the major transformations in lipid metabolism and cardiovascular disease prevention during the first quarter of the 21st century and their impact on clinical practice. From ...

Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new mechanism that likely underlies how we feel force or touch. Their study suggests that "rafts" of fatty ...