Scientists who model membrane structure and dynamics describe ... Thanks to membrane barriers and transport proteins, the cell can accumulate nutrients in higher concentrations than exist in ...

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins ... of ATP inside the cell. This diagram shows molecules moving from area ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to visualize the structure and dynamics of a membrane microdomain in yeast cells. They aimed to ...

Cells and their organelles ... mechanisms by which BLTPs transport lipids could lead to new treatment options and therapies for this and related disorders. Our structure visualizes only half ...

Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding ... organized into a helix structure called polymers, or into cyclic structures called macrocycles.