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I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction	Characterisation of a synthetic Archeal membrane reveals a possible new adaptation route to extreme conditions Marta Salvador-Castell , Maksym Golub , Nelli Erwin , Bruno Deme , Nicholas J. Brooks , Roland Winter , Judith Peters , Philippe Oger Communications Biology 4 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02178-y Diamond Proposal Number(s): [23722] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: It has been proposed that adaptation to high temperature involved the synthesis of monolayer-forming ether phospholipids. Recently, a novel membrane architecture was proposed to explain the membrane stability in polyextremophiles unable to synthesize such lipids, in which apolar polyisoprenoids populate the bilayer midplane and modify its physico-chemistry, extending its stability domain. Here, we have studied the effect of the apolar polyisoprenoid squalane on a model membrane analogue using neutron diffraction, SAXS and fluorescence spectroscopy. We show that squalane resides inside the bilayer midplane, extends its stability domain, reduces its permeability to protons but increases that of water, and induces a negative curvature in the membrane, allowing the transition to novel non-lamellar phases. This membrane architecture can be transposed to early membranes and could help explain their emergence and temperature tolerance if life originated near hydrothermal vents. Transposed to the archaeal bilayer, this membrane architecture could explain the tolerance to high temperature in hyperthermophiles which grow at temperatures over 100 °C while having a membrane bilayer. The induction of a negative curvature to the membrane could also facilitate crucial cell functions that require high bending membranes.	Jun 2021

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I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction

Characterisation of a synthetic Archeal membrane reveals a possible new adaptation route to extreme conditions

Marta Salvador-Castell , Maksym Golub , Nelli Erwin , Bruno Deme , Nicholas J. Brooks , Roland Winter , Judith Peters , Philippe Oger

Communications Biology 4

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02178-y

Diamond Proposal Number(s): [23722]