Bacteria precisely adjust their membrane lipid composition by modifying the types of fatty acids that are produced by the biosynthetic pathway and altering the structures of pre-existing ...

Lipids, or fats, are essential to life. They form the membranes around cells, protecting them from the outside. In nature, ...

This work appears in Nature Chemistry. Life on Earth requires lipid membranes -- the structure of a cell that houses its interior mechanics and acts as a scaffold for many biological reactions.

Discover how a breakthrough in adipocyte mechanisms protects against tissue damage and paves the way for new metabolic ...