| Range |
8 - 9 % of total inner membrane area
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| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Szenk M, Dill KA, de Graff AMR. Why Do Fast-Growing Bacteria Enter Overflow Metabolism? Testing the Membrane Real Estate Hypothesis. Cell Syst. 2017 Aug 235(2):95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2017.06.005. p.99 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID28755958
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| Comments |
P.99 left column bottom paragraph: "Figure 2A also shows the prediction that fermentation begins when electron transport chain complexes occupy 8%–9% of the total inner membrane area. If the membrane real estate hypothesis is valid, then why is the saturating electron transport chain occupancy not 100%? First, the integrity of the membrane requires some minimal number of lipid molecules to solvate each protein complex. Second, the cell could not
function without additional, non-electron transport chain membrane
proteins." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
114708 |