Background: Exposure of sperm membranes to Reactive Oxygen Species induces lipid peroxidation causing membrane breakdown and loss of function. A rosemary extract as dietary additive was assayed for antioxidant effectiveness to improve the quality of rooster semen. Although rosemary extract has been evaluated for in vitro study of semen preservation, up to date no study has been conducted to exa...

Five alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) cultivars from different areas of Iran were evaluated for oxidative markers under salinity conditions. Plants were grown in hydroponic condition by Hoagland nutrient solution containing different amounts of NaCl (control, 50 and 100 mM). Relative growth rate, membrane stability, lipid peroxidation, proline, hydrogen peroxide and relative water contents were dete...

A significant part of the membrane protein surface is stably exposed to hydrophobiccore lipid bilayers rather than aqueous environment. Surprisingly, this importinformation rarely considered for structure predictions. Here we propose anew property, namely ‘Lipid Contact Probability’ or LCP short, explicitlydescribe likelihood an amino acid a given sequence in direct contact with thehydrophobic ...

Lin et al. examined the effects of lipid chains attached to N-terminal antimicrobial peptides, a type membrane-active on their membrane activity and bioactivity. The impact lipidation varied depending original peptides' hydrophobicity. By altering peptide conformations affecting self-aggregation behaviours, changed peptide-biomembrane interaction, ultimately bioactivity (e329).

While it is known that lipids play an essential role in regulating membrane protein structure and function, remains challenging to identify specific protein–lipid interactions.

DNA origami nanopore with large size of a 10 nm square, equipping tunable lid, enables size-selective molecular transportation through the lipid membrane giant vesicle.

Reversible MgCl2-induced blunt-end polymerization of membrane-bound straight DNA origami monomers into filaments leads to protruding deformations on freestanding lipid membranes.

We present an in depth breakdown of the lipid headgroup composition epithelial membranes through a systematic literature review, and rationalise variation as well organisation across membrane composition.