Reposted by Michael Galperin
Philipp Rieche, Marten Exterkate, Arnold Driessen et al show that the #lipid divide between #bacteria and #archaea is not as strict as previously thought as bacterial lipid synthesizing enzymes can use both stereo-forms of glycerol-phosphate.
#MembraneBiology
-> link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com
Bacterial lipid synthesizing enzymes PlsY and PlsC utilize both stereo-forms of glycerol-phosphate - EMBO Reports
The chemical composition of membrane lipids differs between eukarya, bacteria and archaea. The central dogma posits that the stereochemistry of phospholipids in bacteria is distinct from archaea. Bact...
