Figure 1
Cyanobacterial TMs develop from TM remnants and dynamically remodel, e.g., during cell division, during acclimation to changing physiological conditions as well as under stress conditions. Membrane stabilization, destabilization, and/or dynamic membrane remodeling involves proteins that either stabilize membrane structures (Curvature thylakoid 1 [CURT1], IM30/phage shock protein A [PspA]), organize a membrane via lateral microdomain formation (SPFHs) or transversal lipid rearrangement (DedA), destabilize membrane via pore formation (GSDMs) or mediate membrane fusion (bDLPs, IM30). The structure and function of these proteins, as well as their putative involvement in cyanobacterial membrane dynamics, are discussed in the text.
Proteins involved in cyanobacterial membrane dynamics

Cyanobacterial TMs develop from TM remnants and dynamically remodel, e.g., during cell division, during acclimation to changing physiological conditions as well as under stress conditions. Membrane stabilization, destabilization, and/or dynamic membrane remodeling involves proteins that either stabilize membrane structures (Curvature thylakoid 1 [CURT1], IM30/phage shock protein A [PspA]), organize a membrane via lateral microdomain formation (SPFHs) or transversal lipid rearrangement (DedA), destabilize membrane via pore formation (GSDMs) or mediate membrane fusion (bDLPs, IM30). The structure and function of these proteins, as well as their putative involvement in cyanobacterial membrane dynamics, are discussed in the text.

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