Plants and fungi in the era of heterogeneous plasma membranes

0351464 - MBÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Opekarová, Miroslava - Malínský, Jan - Tanner, W.
Plants and fungi in the era of heterogeneous plasma membranes.
Plant Biology. Roč. 12, č. 1 (2010), s. 94-98. ISSN 1435-8603. E-ISSN 1438-8677
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510; CEZ:AV0Z50390512
Keywords : Confocal microscopy * plasma membrane * raft-like micro domains
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 2.409, year: 2010

Examples from yeast and plant cells are described that show that their plasma membrane is laterally compartmented. Distinct lateral domains encompassing both specific lipids and integral proteins coexist within the plane of the plasma membrane. The compartments are either spatially stable and include distinct sets of proteins, or they are transiently formed to accomplish diverse functions. They are not related to lipid rafts or their clusters, as defined for mammalian cells. This review summarises only well-documented compartments of plasma membranes from plants and fungi, which have been recognised using microscopic approaches. In several cases, physiological functions of the membrane compartmentation are revealed
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