A 'chemical biology of cellular membranes' must capture the way that mesoscale perturbations tune the biochemical properties of constituent lipid and protein molecules and vice versa. Whereas the classical paradigm focuses on chemical composition, dynamic modulation of the physical shape or curvature of a membrane is emerging as a complementary and synergistic modus operandi for regulating cellular membrane biology.
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Iversen, L., Mathiasen, S., Larsen, J. et al. Membrane curvature bends the laws of physics and chemistry. Nat Chem Biol 11, 822–825 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1941
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