Abstract
Biological membranes show a high degree of lateral organization. Proteins and lipids are arranged in spatio-temporal domains, termed lipid rafts. Bacterial lipid rafts are stabilized by flotillins and harbor a distinct set of proteins involved in transport, signal transduction, energy metabolism, cell wall homeostasis, and protein secretion. Bacterial model organisms such as Bacillus subtilis emerge as excellent tools to address fundamental questions related to membrane compartmentalization.
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Marc Bramkamp 1993–1998 Biologiestudium an der Universität Osnabrück. 1997–1998 Diplomarbeit am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung an der Universität Braunschweig. 1999–2003 Promotion in Osna brück. 2004–2006 Postdoc an der University of Oxford, UK. 2006–2012 Gruppen leiter am Institut für Biochemie der Universität zu Köln. 2011 Habilitation für das Fach Biochemie. Seit 2012 Professor für Mikrobiologie an der LMU München.
Juri N. Bach 2005–2009 Biologiestudium (Bachelor) und 2009–2011 Biologiestudium (Master) an der Universität zu Köln. 2011–2015 Promotion in Mikrobiologie an der LMU München, dort seit 2015 Postdoc in der AG Bramkamp.
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Bach, J.N., Bramkamp, M. Membrandomänen in Bakterien - Ordnung muss sein. Biospektrum 21, 600–603 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-015-0619-2
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