What are lipid rafts?

Lipid raft organisation, region (1) is standard lipid bilayer, while region (2) is a lipid raft. The plasma membranes of cells contain combinations of glycosphingolipids and protein receptors organised in glycolipoprotein microdomains termed lipid rafts. read more

Lipid rafts (also known as lipid microdomains) are discrete lipid domains present in the external leaflet of the plasma membrane. The rafts are enriched in cholesterol, glycosphingolipids, and glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol GPI-anchored proteins, and are insoluble in low concentrations of nonionic detergents. read more

lipid raft (lip'id raft), Detergent-insoluble raft microdomains that are enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol, found in the plasma membrane, late secretory pathway, and endosomal compartments. read more