Abstract Achieving autonomous motion is a central objective in designing artificial cells that mimic biological form and function. Cellular often involves complex multiprotein machineries, which are challenging to reconstitute vitro. Here we achieve persistent of cell-sized liposomes. These small vesicles driven by direct mechanochemical feedback loop between the MinD MinE protein systems Esche...

ABSTRACT Lipid droplets (LDs) are globular subcellular structures that store neutral lipids. LDs closely associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and limited by a phospholipid monolayer harboring specific set of proteins. Most these proteins associate through either an amphipathic helix or membrane-embedded hairpin motif. Here, we address question whether integral membrane can localize to...

objective: acinetobacter baumannii (a. baumannii) has a good potential to colonize on various surfaces. as a virulence factor, adhesion to surfaces is the first step in colonization. the two-partner secretion system (tps) proteins are key factors for bacterial attachment. the purpose of this study is to identify and study the role of this family of proteins in adhesion of a. baumannii to human ...

Integral membrane proteins play important roles in living cells. Due to difficulties of experimental techniques, theoretical approaches, i.e., topology prediction methods, are important for structure determination of this class of proteins. Here we show a detailed comparison of transmembrane topology prediction methods. According to this comparison, we conclude that the topology of integral mem...

The function of palmitoylation will depend on the protein that is being considered. Palmitoylation increases the hydrophobicity of proteins and contributes to their membrane association. Progress has been made in our understanding of protein S-palmitoylation as one of a repertoire of dynamic post-translational protein modifications that can control protein trafficking, localization, partitionin...