Phosphatidic acid regulates recycling of endocytosed plasma membrane vesicles in polarized cells through a retromer and Arf1 dependent process.

Bardet–Biedl syndrome 3 (BBS3) protein promotes phospholipase D to load onto the BBSome at the ciliary tip for moving out of the cilium via intraflagellar transport.

Intracellular growth of the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila in the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum implicates a bacterial fatty acid transporter as well as dynamic interactions of the distinct membrane-bound replication compartment with host cell lipid droplets.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa defends against interbacterial antagonism through the coordinated expression of previously uncharacterized pathways that grant threat-specific protection.

Molecular-genetic, neural imaging and behavioral analyses reveal how Drosophila melanogaster sense fatty acids, important nutrient compounds, through multimeric Ionoptropic Receptors complexes.

Tannic acid acts as an ‘antidote’ against the negative effects of a bacterial enzyme, which can both aggravate cystic fibrosis and enable the anthrax bacteria to evade the immune responses elicited by a typical live vaccine.

Sweet and umami taste receptors are capable of sensing chloride ions, a component of table salt other than the salty taste-inducing component, sodium ions, and induce preferable taste sensations such as sweet taste.

Cells utilize a membrane-mediated mechanism for mechanosensation, which involves the disruption of lipid rafts and a signal relayed to an ion channel.

MRGPRX4 is a bilirubin receptor that may be a therapeutic target for patients suffering from cholestatic itch.

Plants detect the presence of phospholipids in eggs from a herbivorous insect and trigger innate immunity.