Abstract
Bacteria regulate the fluidity of their membrane phospholipids in response to temperature. In Escherichia coli this regulation is an intrinsic property of a soluble enzyme, β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II, of the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-52 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Trends in Biochemical Sciences |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1983 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology