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Lipids and Membranes: Metabolism, Lipidation, and Lipid-Protein Interactions

  • 1st Edition, Volume 728 - March 27, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jeremy M. Baskin, David Christianson, Karen N. Allen
  • Language: English

Lipids and Membranes: Metabolism, Lipidation, and Lipid-Protein Interactions, Volume 729 provides a broad snapshot of state-of-the-art methods for studying biological lipids and bi… Read more

Description

Lipids and Membranes: Metabolism, Lipidation, and Lipid-Protein Interactions, Volume 729 provides a broad snapshot of state-of-the-art methods for studying biological lipids and biomembranes. Sections in this new release cover De novo chemoenzymatic construction of lipid membranes, Photoaffinity labeling for cholesterol metabolism, Expression and Characterization of Phospholipase Cb and Ce enzymes, Assembling Retromer-coated membrane tubules for in vitro structure-function studies, Quantitative analysis of S-acylation, Inhibition of palmitoyltransferases, Exploiting protein lipidation to create peptide-based biomaterials, and much more.

Additional sections discuss Optogenetic control of lipid-modifying enzyme activity using LOV domain insertions, Chemoproteomics approaches for inhibition of diacylglycerol kinases, Inhibition of sterol transfer protein function, Preparation of K-Ras4B containing synthetic modifications via expressed protein ligation, Regulation of lipin enzymes on membranes, Use of novel synthetic analogues to decipher the interactions of phosphatidic acids species, Analyzing lipid-nuclear receptor interactions, and much more.

Key features

  • Provides readers with the latest advances in the biochemistry of lipids and biological membranes
  • Focus on cutting-edge protocols by leaders in the disciplines of lipid and membrane chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, and biology
  • Covers approaches for probing membrane dynamics and interorganelle lipid transport

Readership

Chemists, biochemists, biophysicists, and cell biologists interested in learning about the latest methods for probing membrane dynamics and interorganelle lipid transport

Table of contents

1. De novo chemoenzymatic construction of lipid membranes
Alessandro Fracassi

2. Photoaffinity labeling for cholesterol metabolism
Alison Ondrus

3. Expression and Characterization of Phospholipase Cb and Ce enzymes
Angeline Lyon

4. Assembling Retromer-coated membrane tubules for in vitro structure-function studies
Brett Collins

5. Quantative analysis of S-acylation
Gemma Triola

6. Inhibition of palmitoyltransferases
Hening Lin

7. Exploiting protein lipidation to create peptide-based biomaterials
James Hougland

8. Optogenetic control of lipid-modifying enzyme activity using LOV domain insertions
Jeremy Baskin

9. Chemoproteomics approaches for inhibition of diacylglycerol kinases
Ku-Lung (Ken) Hsu

10. Inhibition of sterol transfer protein function
Luca Laraia

11. Preparation of K-Ras4B containing synthetic modifications via expressed protein ligation
Mark Distefano

12. Regulation of lipin enzymes on membranes
Michael Airola

13. Use of novel synthetic analogues to decipher the interactions of phosphatidic acids species
Nicolas Vitale

14. Analyzing lipid-nuclear receptor interactions
Raymond Blind

15. Supported lipid bilayers for viral protein lipid interactions
Robert Stahelin

16. Palmitoylation-dependent probes for labeling the Golgi complex
Shinya Tsukiji

17. A real-time assay for lipidation of ATG8/LC3 using fluorerscence spectroscopy
Taki Nishimura

18. Optogenetic Phospholipase C for Measuring Phosphoinositide Turnover and DAG Generation
Toshihisa Ohtsuka

19. Targeting protein palmitoylation
Will Fuller

20. Pharmacological modulation of lipid metabolism
Wonhwa Cho

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 728
  • Published: March 27, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

JB

Jeremy M. Baskin

Jeremy M. Baskin is Associate Professor, Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, and Director of the Chemistry–Biology Interface Program at Cornell University, with appointments in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology. He was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and received his undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a major in Chemistry and minors in Biology and Music. Jeremy carried out Ph.D. studies supported by NDSEG and NSF graduate fellowships in Carolyn Bertozzi’s group at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on development of bioorthogonal chemistries. Jeremy received postdoctoral training in lipid cell biology as a Jane Coffin Childs fellow at Yale University with Pietro De Camilli. Research in the Baskin lab centers on the chemical and cell biology of lipid metabolism and signaling. The Baskin lab exploits bioorthogonal chemistry to develop advanced tools for high-resolution lipid imaging and harnesses optogenetics and protein engineering for the design of membrane editors capable of spatiotemporal manipulation of the lipid composition of cellular membranes. Using these and other approaches, his lab elucidates novel mechanisms underlying physiological and pathological lipid metabolism and signaling events. Jeremy has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Beckman Young Investigator, Sloan Research Fellowship, NSF CAREER, ACS Young Academic Investigator, ASBMB Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator in Lipid Research, ICBS Young Chemical Biologist Award, and ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award. He is currently Associate Editor at Biochemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, and Director, Chemistry–Biology Interface Program, Cornell University, USA

DC

David Christianson

After completing studies for the A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at Harvard University, David W. Christianson joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently the Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. At Penn, Christianson’s research focuses on the structural and chemical biology of the zinc-dependent histone deacetylases as well as enzymes of terpene biosynthesis. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards, including the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry and the Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes from the American Chemical Society, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Elizabeth S. and Richard M. Cashin Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Christianson is also a dedicated classroom teacher, and his accomplishments in this regard have been recognized by the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Penn and a Rhodes Trust Inspirational Educator Award from Oxford University. Christianson has also held visiting professorships in the Department of Biochemistry at Cambridge University and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. Christianson has served with Prof. Anna Pyle as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Methods in Enzymology since 2015.

Affiliations and expertise
University of Pennsylvania, USA

KA

Karen N. Allen

Dr. Karen N. Allen works at the Department of Chemistry of the Boston University, the Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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