In a recent study published in Cell Host & Microbe, researchers highlighted the role of lipids, especially bacteria-derived lipids in the gut microbiome, in mammalian physiology in the context of ...

Triglycerides are complex lipids composed of a glycerol molecule linked to three fatty acids. Given the many possible combinations of fatty acids of differing length and saturation and the three ...

Plant biology has long recognized the significance of surface lipid barriers—namely cuticles and suberin—as fundamental adaptations for terrestrial life.

1. What's so special about plant lipids? / J.L. Harwood -- part I. De novo fatty acid biosynthesis. 2. Biotin-dependent carboxylases and their biotinylation in higher plants / C. Alban and R. Douce. 3 ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Researchers have been studying the transcription factor SREBP, a critical regulator of lipid biosynthesis. Precursor SREBP proteins, located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the ...

A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

Alzheimer's disease causes significant problems with memory, thinking and behavior and is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 50 million people around the world each year. This ...

After years of languishing in obscurity, the topic of disruptions in the brain's lipid metabolism is moving center stage. The number of publications in this area is growing, and at the International ...

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics led a study showing that directional, non-vesicular lipid transport drives fast, species-selective lipid sorting, outpacing slower, less ...

Lipid nanoparticles consist of spherical vesicles made of ionizable lipids with a positive charge at a low pH level, while being neutral at a physiological pH. Such a characteristic enables RNA ...