Molecular Mechanisms of Raft Organization in Biological Membranes

This review analyzes and summarizes some actual models of raft organization as dynamic structural units in lipid membranes emphasizing the discrimination between mechanisms influencing raft nanodomain formation and maintenance in biological and model membranes on one hand and the roles of membrane p...

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Published in:Russian journal of bioorganic chemistry 2020-05, Vol.46 (3), p.269-279
Main Authors: Radyukhin, V. A., Baratova, L. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Bioorganic Chemistry
Cholesterol
Life Sciences
Lipids
Membranes
Organic Chemistry
Proteins
Review Article
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Summary:This review analyzes and summarizes some actual models of raft organization as dynamic structural units in lipid membranes emphasizing the discrimination between mechanisms influencing raft nanodomain formation and maintenance in biological and model membranes on one hand and the roles of membrane proteins on the other. The contentious issue of specific input of cholesterol recognizing/interacting amino acid consensus (CRAC) motifs in the membrane rafts and protein interaction mechanism at the molecular level is discussed in detail. Especially, lipid membrane raft-like structure of some enveloped viruses is considered as a manifest example demonstrating the basic organization of raft-type membranes.
ISSN:1068-1620
1608-330X
DOI:10.1134/S1068162020030164