期刊
出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0034
关键词
Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs-domain proteins; lipid membranes; curvature; scaffold; membrane nanotube; scission
资金
- Chateaubriand fellowship
- France and Chicago Collaborating in the Sciences grant
- University Paris Diderot
- Universite Paris Diderot
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
- Institut Curie
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR-15-CE18-0016-03]
- European Research Council [339847]
- European Research Council (ERC) [339847] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
In vesicular transport pathways, membrane proteins and lipids are internalized, externalized or transported within cells, not by bulk diffusion of single molecules, but embedded in the membrane of small vesicles or thin tubules. The formation of these 'transport carriers' follows sequential events: membrane bending, fission from the donor compartment, transport and eventually fusion with the acceptor membrane. A similar sequence is involved during the internalization of drug or gene carriers inside cells. These membrane-shaping events are generally mediated by proteins binding to membranes. The mechanisms behind these biological processes are actively studied both in the context of cell biology and biophysics. Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain proteins are ideally suited for illustrating how simple soft matter principles can account for membrane deformation by proteins. We review here some experimental methods and corresponding theoretical models to measure how these proteins affect the mechanics and the shape of membranes. In more detail, we show how an experimental method employing optical tweezers to pull a tube from a giant vesicle may give important quantitative insights into the mechanism by which proteins sense and generate membrane curvature and the mechanism of membrane scission. This article is part of the themed issue 'Soft interfacial materials: from fundamentals to formulation'.
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