The researchers tested their theory by
creating model membranes, some of which contained PE and / or PS, and exposing them to MP1.
Not exact matches
The researchers began by
creating large
membrane models with embedded and dyed channel proteins; they then put them on a glass surface and measured them using a single - molecule measuring method known as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
The team
modelled how the
membrane changed, enabling LUCA's descendants to move to new, more challenging environments and evolve into two distinct types of single - celled organism, bacteria and archaea,
creating the deepest branch of the tree of life.
Modeling revealed that tilting of the PHDs to conform with
membrane deformations
creates the low - energy pathway for hemifission.
They then used their
model to
create scores of egg shapes by altering the
membrane's stiffness and changing the pressure.