Turning up the heat on membrane fluidity.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2015.04.046.
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Abstract
How do cells maintain the fluidity of cellular membrane in response to temperature fluctuation? In this issue of Cell, Ma et al. identify a regulatory circuit involving a heat-induced acyl-CoA dehydrogenase that controls the lipid saturation level and the fluidity of cellular membranes by transcriptionally regulating a lipid desaturase.
Medical subject headings
- Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Fatty Acids