Engineering E. coli to Have a Hybrid Archaeal/Bacterial Membrane

• Autores: Laura Villanueva
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 26, Nº. 7, 2018, págs. 559-560
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Bacteria and Archaea have membrane lipids with an opposite stereochemistry. The most plausible explanation for this differentiation implies an unstable heterochiral membrane stage. A recent study engineered Escherichia coli with a significant abundance of archaeal lipids showing higher robustness, disproving heterochirality as the driving force for this differentiation.