Life begins from cells. Artificial cells, as simplified cell models, can be used to study their structure and function. They also help to establish the link between living and nonliving systems, which provides the theoretical clues for the origin of life. The spherical membrane structures for cell membrane mimick are well studied; however the common membrane morphology in cell is cisternae stacks. They are found in organelles including grana, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus. The grana-like cisternae stacks were assembled to mimick grana functions. The cisternae stacks can reversibly compress and expand, similar to the ‘breathing’ property of natural grana. This cisternae structure provides advanced cell model, and the clues for the stable mechanism of cisternae stacks. Artificial endoplasmic reticulums with helical structures were also fabricated with the addition of charged lipids into the lipid membranes. The other recent progresses on lipid based artificial cells will also be presented.

Phospholipid self-assembly-based artificial cells

2019 Fall National Meeting

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