The phrase "alter the fluidity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe changing or modifying the smoothness or adaptability of a process, system, or substance.
Example: "The new policy aims to alter the fluidity of communication within the organization to enhance collaboration."
Alternatives: "change the flexibility" or "modify the smoothness."
Alternatively, the enrichment of EerI, a compound with a hydrophobic membrane binding moiety, in the ER membrane may alter the fluidity of the membrane to indirectly affect protein import into the ER.
Thus, the stable association of these two affinity-tagged proteins with LPS transport components suggests the possibility that they might cooperate with LPS proteins to mobilize phospholipids and alter the fluidity of the membrane by providing a mechanism to move LPS molecules into and/or across the OM barrier.
Membrane cholesterol has also been shown to alter the fluidity and bending stiffness of RBCs [ 100, 101].
Phenothiazines may weaken lysosomes by altering the fluidity of their lipid membrane, making them more likely to rupture.
This prompted us to hypothesize that the multimerization of IFITM proteins inhibits viral fusion by altering the fluidity of the cell membrane.
In addition, incorporation of n-3 PUFAs into the cell membrane alters the fluidity, structure, and/or function of lipid rafts or caveolae.
This carbon radical then attacks other -CH2- groups in lipid molecules, and creates a chain reaction that alters the fluidity and shape of the membrane.
Potential mechanisms have been proposed and include (1) a shift in the progesterone and oestradiol ratio compromising uterine activation [ 3], (2) cholesterol altering the fluidity of the plasma membrane effecting integral protein expression [ 3, 12] and possible utero-relaxant effects of adipokines and endocrine disruption resulting from increased white adipose tissue depots [ 3, 33– 33].
Control experiments using fluorescent lipid and a lipid-binding protein tested and confirmed this blocking step did not detectably alter the bilayer fluidity or protein membrane interactions.
It is assumed that AD and other tauopathies require a genetic predisposition (e.g. ApoE) and are triggered by a variety of environmental (risk) factors (e.g. which alter the membrane fluidity).
Finally, PARO, which interferes with protein synthesis by binding to ribosomes in bacteria, was also shown to affect translation in Leishmania, in addition to alter the composition and fluidity of the plasma membrane of the parasite.
