Like transport proteins, receptor proteins are specific and ... membranes that surround various organelles. In such cells, the plasma membrane is part of an extensive endomembrane system that ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

Thomas Sollner (University of Munich): "The complex organization of eucaryotic cells into various membrane ... This is the first mitochondrial outer-membrane protein fulfilling the criteria proposed ...

EPFL researchers have developed a computational method to explicitly consider the impact of water while designing membrane receptors with enhanced stability and signaling, paving the way for novel ...

His team then extracted the receptor from the cell membrane and forged an initial understanding of ... This family is now known as G-protein-coupled receptors, and the studies by Lefkowitz and Kobilka ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has identified a key mechanism responsible for endosomal recycling ...

Engineered immune cells called CAR-T cells are used in the treatment of cancer. Researchers from Uppsala University have now ...

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs ... The extracellular region of an aGPCR extends from the cell membrane into space outside the cell, where it can bind to molecules and receptors ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments-water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases-are critical to their ...

It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins, complex molecules that are essential for all life. Next-generation ...

Current technologies for studying membrane proteins either involve expression in cell-based systems ... both of which can result in receptor inactivation. In this GEN webinar, our speaker ...